Abstract: This paper presents a new solution procedure for simulation dynamics of multibody systems. The method is applicable to open chains with general interbody constraints. It is based on obtaining ...

Abstract: The discretized equations of motion for elastic systems are typically displayed in second-order form. That is, the elastic displacements are represented by a set of discretized (generalized) ...

Abstract: This paper builds on the theory of gyroelastic dynamics presented in a recent paper by the authors. An elastic continuum with a continuous distribution of stored angular momentum ( called ...

Abstract: This paper introduces the idea of distributed gyricity , in which each volume element of a continuum possesses an infinitesimal quantity of stored angular momentum. The continuum is also assumed ...