Amirouche Fundamentals of Multibody Dynamics

Theory and Applications
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8176-4406-2
Verlag: Birkhäuser Boston
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 684 Seiten, eBook

Because of its versatility in analyzing a broad range of applications, multibody dynamics has grown in the past two decades to be an important tool for designing, prototyping, and simulating complex articulated mechanical systems. This textbook brings together diverse concepts and bridges the gap between dynamics and engineering applications such as microrobotics, virtual reality simulation of interactive mechanical systems, nanomechanics, flexible biosystems, crash simulation, and biomechanics.The book puts into perspective the importance of modeling in the dynamic simulation and problem solving in the above-mentioned fields. Facilitating the understanding of rigid- body dynamics, the author presents a compiled overview of particle dynamics and Newton’s second law of motion. A particular strength of the book is its use of matrices to generate kinematic coefficients that help formulate the governing equations of motion.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Amirouche, Farid

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Particle Dynamics: The Principle of Newton’s Second Law.- Rigid-Body Kinematics.- Kinematics for General Multibody Systems.- Modeling of Forces in Multibody Systems.- Equations of Motion of Multibody Systems.- Hamilton-Lagrange and Gibbs-Appel Equations.- Handling of Constraints in Multibody Systems Dynamics.- Numerical Stability of Constrained Multibody Systems.- Linearization and Vibration Analysis of Multibody Systems.- Dynamics of Multibody Systems with Terminal Flexible Links.- Dynamic Analysis of Multiple Flexible-Body Systems.- Modeling of Flexibility Effects Using the Boundary-Element Method.