Finite difference and finite element approaches to dynamic modelling of a flexible manipulator

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-156

  Tokhi, M O ^a   Mohamed, Z ^a   Azad, A K M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Discrete simulation; Finite difference method; Finite element method; Flexible manipulators

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES;

FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS;

MANIPULATORS;

EID: 0030647244     PISSN: 09596518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0959651971539966     Document Type: Article

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