Abstract: In many cases, the design of a tracking controller can be significantly simplified by the use of a 2degrees of freedom (DOF) control structure, including a feedforward control (i.e., the inversion of the nominal system ...

Abstract: The symbolic modeling of flexible multibody systems is a challenging task. This is especially the case for complexshaped elastic bodies, which are described by a numerical model, e.g., an FEM model. The kinematic and dynamic ...

Abstract: In recent years, topology optimization has been used for optimizing members of flexible multibody systems to enhance their performance. Here, an extension to existing topology optimization schemes for flexible multibody ...

Abstract: The inverse dynamics of flexible multibody systems is formulated as a twopoint boundary value problem for an index3 differentialalgebraic equation (DAE). This DAE represents the equation of motion with kinematic and ...