Comparison of Various Techniques for Modelling Flexible Beams in Multibody Dynamics

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-397

  Valembois, R E ^a   Fisette, P ^a,b   Samin, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Flexible; Multibody; Simulation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DISCRETIZATION TECHNIQUES; FLEXIBLE BEAMS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0031117793     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008204330035     Document Type: Review

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