Use of principal axes as the floating reference frame for a moving deformable body

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-231

  Nikravesh, Parviz E ^a   Lin, Yi Shih ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Body attached frame; Deformable body; Floating frame; Multibody dynamics; Principal axes

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RIGIDITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BODY-ATTACHED FRAME; DEFORMABLE BODY; FLOATING FRAME; MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; PRINCIPAL AXES;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 17144422520     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-005-2514-y     Document Type: Article

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