Improved bushing models for general multibody systems and vehicle dynamics

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-365

  Ambrósio, Jorge ^a   Verissimo, Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Elastometers; Joint clearance; Joint modeling; Multibody dynamics; Vehicle suspensions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT CODES; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; IN-VEHICLE; JOINT CLEARANCE; JOINT MODELING; JOINT REACTION FORCES; KINEMATIC CONSTRAINTS; KINEMATIC JOINTS; MATRIX; MECHANICAL JOINTS; MULTI BODY SYSTEMS; MULTI-BODY; MULTI-BODY DYNAMIC; MULTI-BODY MODELS; MULTIBODY CODES; NONLINEAR VISCO-ELASTIC; OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE; RAIL VEHICLES; RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT; ROAD IRREGULARITIES; ROAD VEHICLES; SUB-SYSTEMS; VEHICLE DYNAMICS; VEHICLE MODEL;

AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY DISSIPATION; KINEMATICS; ROADS AND STREETS; ROTATION; SIMULATORS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VEHICLE SUSPENSIONS; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS; VEHICLES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BUSHINGS;

EID: 71149112980     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-009-9161-7     Document Type: Article

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