Advances in Computational Multibody Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VII

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2. A Fast and Simple Semi-Recursive Formulation for Multi-Rigid-Body Systems

   • J. de García Jalón, E. Álvarez, F.A. de Ribera, I. Rodríguez, F.J. Funes

   Pages 1-23

3. Hardware-in-the-Loop for Quality Assurance of an Active Automotive Safety System

   • Oliver Öttgen, Manfred Hiller

   Pages 25-44

4. Multibody Aspects of Motorcycle Modelling with Special Reference to Autosim

   • Robin S. Sharp, Simos Evangelou, David J. N. Limebeer

   Pages 45-68

5. Gluing for Dynamic Simulation of Distributed Mechanical Systems

   • Gregory M. Hulbert, Zheng-Dong Ma, Jinzhong Wang

   Pages 69-94

6. Multiscale Methods for Multibody Systems with Impacts

   • Werner Schiehlen, Bin Hu, Robert Seifried

   Pages 95-124

7. Unified Modelling Theories for the Dynamics of Multidisciplinary Multibody Systems

   • John McPhee

   Pages 125-154

8. A Biomechanical Multibody Model with a Detailed Locomotion Muscle Apparatus

   • Jorge A.C. Ambrósio, Miguel P.T. Silva

   Pages 155-184

9. Understanding Mean-Axis Conditions as Floating Reference Frames

   • Parviz E. Nikravesh

   Pages 185-203

10. Robust analysis of flexible multibody systems and joint clearances in an energy conserving framework

    • J.C. García Orden, J.M. Goicolea

    Pages 205-237

11. Modelling, Control and Validation of Flexible Robot Manipulators

    • Jorge M. Martins, José Sá da Costa, Miguel Ayala Botto

    Pages 239-268

12. An Elastic Simulation Model of a Metal Pushing V-Belt CVT

    • Markus Bullinger, Kilian Funk, Friedrich Pfeiffer

    Pages 269-293

13. Multicriteria Optimization of Train Structures for Crashworthiness

    • João P. Dias, Manuel S. Pereira

    Pages 295-317

14. Multi-Criteria Optimization of a Hexapod Machine

    • Lars Kübler, Christoph Henninger, Peter Eberhard

    Pages 319-343

15. Multibody dynamics in advanced education

    • Ettore Pennestrì, Leonardo Vita

    Pages 345-370

Among all the fields in solid mechanics the methodologies associated to multibody dynamics are probably those that provide a better framework to aggregate different disciplines. This idea is clearly reflected in the multidisciplinary applications in biomechanics that use multibody dynamics to describe the motion of the biological entities, or in finite elements where the multibody dynamics provides powerful tools to describe large motion and kinematic restrictions between system components, or in system control for which multibody dynamics are the prime form of describing the systems under analysis, or even in applications with fluid-structures interaction or aeroelasticity. This book contains revised and enlarged versions of selected communications presented at the ECCOMAS Thematic Conference in Multibody Dynamics 2003 that took place in Lisbon, Portugal, which have been enhanced in their self-containment and tutorial aspects by the authors. The result is a comprehensive text that constitutes a valuable reference for researchers and design engineers and helps to appraise the potential of application of multibody dynamics to a wide range of scientific and engineering areas of relevance.

• Motor
• communication
• design
• finite element method
• finite elements
• linear optimization
• mechanics
• model
• modeling
• optimization
• quality assurance
• robot
• simulation

• IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

  Jorge A.C. Ambrósio

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