Dynamics of flexible multibody systems with non-holonomic constraints: A finite element approach

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-123

  Schwab, A L ^a   Meijaard, J P ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Flexible multibody systems; General purpose software; Linearized equations of motion; Non holonomic constraints

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEAR EQUATIONS;

MULTIBODY SYSTEMS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 0043198213     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024575707338     Document Type: Conference Paper

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