Flexible mechanisms through natural coordinates and component synthesis: An approach fully compatible with the rigid case

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3535-3551

  Cuadrado, J ^a   Cardenal, J ^a   Garcia de Jalon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Component synthesis; Dynamics; Flexibility; Multibody system; Natural coordinates; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MECHANISMS; VECTORS;

COMPONENT SYNTHESIS; FLEXIBLE BODIES; MULTIBODY SYSTEM; NATURAL COORDINATES; RIGID BODIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0030269889     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19961030)39:20<3535::AID-NME13>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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