Flexible Multibody Dynamics: A Finite Element Approach [Kõva köide]

A textbook for graduates and senior undergraduates, and a tutorial and reference for professionals, in mechanical and aeronautical engineering. It has grown from research that began in 1990 by GTradin (U. of Liege, the Netherlands) and Cardona (U. of Litoral, Argentina) to develop methods for dealing with structural deformation in multibody systems. They focus on the needs of the European aerospace community to model system such as ejection mechanism, landing gears, and deployable antennas. They decided that the finite element method was by far the best tool for structural flexibility in articulated systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Flexible Multibody Dynamics comprehensively describes the numerical modelling of flexible multibody dynamics systems in space and aircraft structures, vehicles, and mechanical systems. A rigorous approach is followed to handle finite rotations in 3D, with a thorough discussion of the different alternatives for parametrization. Modelling of flexible bodies is treated following the Finite Element technique, a novel aspect in multibody systems simulation.
Moreover, this book provides extensive coverage of the formulation of a general purpose software for flexible multibody dynamics analysis, based on an exhaustive treatment of large rotations and finite element modelling, and incorporating useful reference material.
Features include different solution techniques such as:
* time integration of differential-algebraic equations
* non-linear substructuring
* continuation methods
* nonlinear bifurcation analysis.
In essence, this is an ideal text for senior undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals in mechanical and aeronautical engineering, as well as mechanical design engineers and researchers, and engineers working in areas such as kinematics and dynamics of deployable structures, vehicle dynamics and mechanical design.