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Book Synopsis
The German Research Council (DFG) decided 1987 to establish a nationwide five year research project devoted to dynamics of multibody systems.
Table of Contents
High Speed Multibody Dynamic Simulation and its Impact on Man-Machine Systems.- An Object-Oriented Data Model for Multibody Systems.- Block-Oriented Modelling of Rigid Multibody Systems With Regard to Subsystem Techniques.- A Software Environment for Analysis and Design of Multibody Systems.- CAD Modelling, Multibody System Formalisms and Visualization — An Integrated Approach.- The Benefits of Parallel Multibody Simulation and its Application to Vehicle Dynamics.- Recent Advances in the Numerical Integration of Multibody Systems.- Symbolical Programming in System Dynamics.- Dynamic Analysis of Complex Multibody Systems Using Methods for Differential-Algebraic Equations.- Multibody Systems with Rigid-Elastic Subsystems.- On the Dynamics of Multibody Systems With Elastic Beams.- Approximate Analysis of Flexible Parts in Multibody Systems Using the Finite Element Method.- Modelling of Viscoelastic Elastomer Mounts in Multibody Systems.- Simulation of Failure Scenarios for Movable Steel Structures.- Optimal Positioning of Viscous Dampers in Linear Multibody Systems.- Signal Analysis in Multibody Systems.- Computational Aspects of the Finite Element Approach to Flexible Multibody Systems.- DYNAMITE: Multibody Dynamics via Projection Method.- ACIDYM, a Modular Software for Computer-Aided Learning of Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Multibody Systems.- VDAS — A Toolkit Approach to Vehicle System Simulation.- ROBOTRAN: Symbolic Generation of Multi-Body System Dynamic Equations.- SMS: An Easy-To-Use 3D-Simulation Package for CIM.- Two Different Methods for Simulating the Motion of Variable-Mass Multibody Systems.- Simulation of the Dynamic Behaviour of Complex Multiaxle Systems with Controlled Driving Axes.- ODE Formulations for Multibody Dynamics: Numerical Aspects.- Deployment Kinematics and Dynamics Simulations of Large Reflectors.- Determination of Dynamic Stresses by Multibody Dynamic Models Incorporating Flexible Body Analysis — Applications of DADS.- Dynamic Analysis of Constrained Multibody Systems in Orthonormalized Tangent Space.- An Overview of MEXX: Numerical Software for Integration of Multibody Systems.- A Parameter Estimation Method for Multibody Systems with Constraints.- Boundary Element Methods for Contact Problems.- Integration of Recursive Equations of Motion for Multibody Systems with Loops.- Standard Input Data of Flexible Members in Multibody Systems.- Constrained Mechanical Systems in Descriptor Form: Identification, Simulation and Control.- Parameter Identification of Nonlinear Descriptor Systems.- Control Analysis and Synthesis of Linear Mechanical Descriptor Systems.- An Extended Descriptor Form for the Simulation of Constrained Mechnical Systems.
