Use of Cholesky coordinates and the absolute nodal coordinate formulation in the computer simulation of flexible multibody systems

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-282

  Yakoub, R Y ^a   Shabana, A A ^a  

^a 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

ABSOLUTE NODAL COORDINATE FORMULATIONS; CHOLESKY COORDINATES; CHOLESKY DECOMPOSITIONS; FLEXIBLE MULTIBODY SYSTEMS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 0033323553     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008323106689     Document Type: Article

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