Object-oriented implementation of a graph-theoretic formulation for planar multibody dynamics

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 4097-4118

  Oshinowo, O M ^a   McPhee, J J ^b  

^a L 3 Communications SPAR Aerospace Limited   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Graph theoretic methods; Multibody dynamics; Object oriented programming

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

PLANAR MULTIBODY DYNAMICS;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 0031272013     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19971130)40:22<4097::AID-NME253>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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