Abstract: This work is devoted to the validation of a computational dynamics approach previously developed by the authors for the simulation of moving loads interacting with flexible bodies through arbitrary contact modeling. The ...

Abstract: The stability analysis of railroad vehicles using eigenvalue analysis can provide essential information about the stability of the motion, ride quality, or passengers’ comfort. The eigenvalue ...

Abstract: In order to model a long flexible body subjected to a moving load within multibody systems, the flexibility can be considered by using a special floating frame of reference approach. In this approach the body deformations ...

Abstract: There are three basic finite element formulations which are used in multibody dynamics. These are the floating frame of reference approach, the incremental method and the large rotation vector ...

Abstract: It is with great pleasure that we bring to the readership of the ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics (JCND) a special issue dedicated to select papers from the 17th International Conference on Multibody ...

Abstract: Abstract. This work presents a methodology for assessing the stability of moving railway track models represented as lumped parameter systems that travel with the vehicle and exhibit periodic variations in their properties ...

Abstract: Safety requirements and optimal performance of railroad vehicle systems require the use of multibody system (MBS) dynamics formulations that allow for modeling flexible bodies. This investigation ...

Abstract: The nondestructive characterization and monitoring of defects in composite structures by ultrasonic guided waves are hindered by the complexity of the interaction. Efficient computational modeling of propagating ultrasonic ...