Abstract: A method is presented for transient dynamic analysis of mechanical systems composed of interconnected rigid and flexible bodies that undergo large angular displacements. Gross displacement of ...

Abstract: This paper presents a computer-based method for formulation and efficient solution of nonlinear, constrained differential equations of motion for mechanical systems. Nonlinear holonomic constraint ...

Abstract: An analytical method for transient dynamic simulation of large-scale inertia-variant spatial mechanical and structural systems is presented. Multibody systems consisting of interconnected rigid and ...

Abstract: A method is presented for dynamic analysis of systems with impulsive forces, impact, discontinuous constraints, and discontinuous velocities. A method of computer generation of the equations of ...

Abstract: A method for computer-aided design sensitivity analysis of large-scale constrained dynamic systems is presented. A generalized coordinate partitioning method is used for assembling and solving sets ...

Abstract: This paper presents useful and interesting identities between Euler parameters and their time derivatives. Using these identities, kinematic constraints and equations of motion for constrained ...

Abstract: In this paper a methodology for formulating kinematic constraint equations and equations of motion for constrained mechanical systems is presented. Constraint equations and transformation matrices ...