Abstract: The utility of existing bond graph methods in the analysis of complex mechanical systems has been limited significantly by the absence of a tensor based vector modeling methodology. Topological ...

Abstract: The limitations of existing continuum bond graph modeling techniques have effectively precluded their use in large order problems, where nonrepetitive graph structures and causal patterns are ...

Abstract: Developments in simulation technology that enable a qualitatively new virtual prototyping approach to design of mechanical systems are summarized and their integration into an engineering design ...