Abstract: This paper presents a general approach to the kinematics of an orientation motion platform utilizing a sphere actuated by omnidirectional wheels. The number and type of the omnidirectional wheels, ...

Abstract: As part of a research project aimed at simulating rotor dynamic response during shipboard rotor startup and shutdown operations, a dynamic model of the ship–helicopter–rotor system that is ...

Abstract: An energy decaying integration scheme for an intrinsic, geometrically exact, multibody dynamics model with composite, dimensionally reducible, active beamlike structures is proposed. The scheme is ...

Abstract: Rotor blade sailing, which is characterized by excessive deflection of rotor blades, can be experienced by shipboard helicopters during rotor start-up and shut-down. In an attempt to model the ...