Abstract: In the current development of flexible multibody dynamics, the efficient and accurate consideration of distributed and nonlinear forces is an active area of research. Examples are, forces due to body-body contact or due ...

Abstract: In the last years, the numerical and experimental research effort on joint nonlinearities and tribomechadynamics has increased. Thereby, local sticking and slipping effects as well as the influence of friction caused damping ...

Abstract: In order to achieve a correct representation of jointed structures within multibody dynamic simulations, an accurate computation of the nonlinear contact and friction forces between the contact surfaces is required. In ...

Abstract: The time integration of a complex multibody system is a time consuming part of the entire evaluation process of a flexible component. A multibody simulation of a flexible crankshaft, for instance, interacting with pistons, ...

Abstract: Model reduction via projection is a common method to accelerate time integration of finite element (FE) structures by reducing the number of degrees-of-freedom (DOFs). However, nonlinear state-dependent surface loads are ...