Modelling multibody systems with indirect coordinates

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 195, Issue 50-51, 2006, Pages 6942-6957

  McPhee, John J ^a   Redmond, Scott M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MD Robotics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Indirect coordinates; Multibody dynamics; Symbolic computing; Virtual joint

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

INDIRECT COORDINATES; MULTIBODY DYNAMICS; SYMBOLIC COMPUTING; VIRTUAL JOINT;

DYNAMICS;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33748076148     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2005.02.033     Document Type: Article

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