Abstract: Algorithms for the sensitivity analysis of multibody systems are quickly maturing as computational and software resources grow. Indeed, the area has made substantial progress since the first academic methods and examples ...

Abstract: The gradient-based design optimization of mechanical systems requires robust and efficient sensitivity analysis tools. The adjoint method is regarded as the most efficient semi-analytical method to evaluate sensitivity ...

Abstract: It is common in mechanical simulation to not know the value of key system parameters. When the simulation is very sensitive to those design parameters and practical or budget limitations prevent the user from measuring the ...

Abstract: Simulation techniques are increasingly becoming popular in recent years as a way of simulating oil drilling processes. Among them, directional drilling is a specific method that benefits enormously from such numerical ...

Abstract: This article deals with the dynamic response optimization of mechanical systems, based on the computation of independent state sensitivities. Specifically, the dynamic behavior of a coach is analyzed in detail so as to ...

Abstract: A great variety of formulations exist for the numerical simulation of rigid-body systems, particularly of medium-large systems such as vehicles. Topological formulations, which are considered to be the most efficient ones, ...

Abstract: This paper concerns the dynamic simulation of constrained mechanical systems in the context of real-time applications and stable integrators. The goal is to adaptively find a balance between the stability of an over-damped ...