Comparison among nonlinear optimization methods for the static equilibrium analysis of multibody systems with rigid and elastic elements

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1151-1168

  Avilés, Rafael ^a   Ajuria, Goizalde ^a   Gómez Garay, Vicente ^a   Navalpotro, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITION CONTROL;

MULTIBODY SYSTEMS; NEWTON-RAPHSON SECOND-ORDER METHODS; PRIMAL-DUAL METHOD; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 0033752593     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-114X(99)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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