Flexible Multibody Dynamics: Review of Past and Recent Developments

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-222

  Shabana, Ahmed A ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

Control structure interaction; Elastic body inertia; Finite element formulations; Finite segment method; Flexible multibody dynamics; Impact in flexible body dynamics; Incremental methods; Large rotations; Linear theory of elastodynamics; Rigid body inertia

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VECTORS;

ABSOLUTE NODAL COORDINATE FORMULATION; FINITE SEGMENT METHOD; FLEXIBLE MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; LINEAR ELASTODYNAMICS THEORY;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031152691     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009773505418     Document Type: Article

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