Complex Flexible Multibody Systems with Application to Vehicle Dynamics

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-182

  Ambrósio, Jorge A C ^a   Gonçalves, João P C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flexible vehicle dynamics; Lumped mass formulation; Modal superposition; Multibody dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044399348     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017522623008     Document Type: Article

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