Kinematic analysis of linkages based in finite elements and the geometric stiffness matrix

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 964-983

  Aviles R ^a   Hernandez A ^a   Amezua, E ^a   Altuzarra, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Linkage analysis; Multibody; Numerical methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; ELSEVIER (CO); FINITE ELEMENT (FE); FULL INFORMATION; GEOMETRIC STIFFNESS MATRICES; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; KINEMATIC PROPERTIES; LENGTH CONSTRAINTS; LINKAGE KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; RIGID BODY (RB); SINGULAR POSITIONS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 44649187381     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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