Superelements Modelling in Flexible Multibody Dynamics

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 245-266

  Cardona, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Mechanisms; Multibody systems; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042187285     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009875930232     Document Type: Article

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