Numerical Methods in Multibody Dynamics (European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry) - Hardcover

Fuhrer, Claus

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3519026015 ISBN 13: 9783519026013

Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, 1998

Synopsis

Numerical Analysis is an interdisciplinary topic which develops its strength only when viewed in close connection with applications. Nowadays, mechanical engineers having computer simulation as a daily engineering tool have to learn more and more techniques from that field. Mathematicians, on the other hand, are increasingly confronted with the need for developing special purpose methods and codes. This requires a broad interdisciplinary understanding and a sense for model-method interactions. With this monograph we give an introduction to selected topics of Numerical Anal ysis based on these facts. We dedicate our presentations to an interesting discipline in computational multibody dynamics. Though the basic ideas and methods apply to other engineering fields too, we emphasize on having one homo geneous class of applications. Both authors worked through many years in teams developing multibody codes. Interdisciplinary work also includes transferring ideas from one field to the other and a big amount of teaching -and that was the idea of this book. This book is intended for students of mathematics, engineering and computer sci ence, as well as for people already concerned with the solution of related topics in university and industry. After a short introduction to multibody systems and the mathematical formulation of the equations of motion, different numerical methods used to solve simulation tasks are presented. The presentation is supported by a simple model of a truck. This truck model will follow the reader from the title page to the appendix in various versions, specially adapted to the topics."

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Today computers play an important role in the development of complex mechanical systems, such as cars, railway vehicles or machines. Efficient simulation of these systems is only possible when based on methods that explore the strong link between numerics and computational mechanics. This book gives insight into modern techniques of numerical mathematics in the light of an interesting field of applications: multibody dynamics. The important interaction between modeling and solution techniques is demonstrated by using a simplified multibody model of a truck. Different versions of this mechanical model illustrate all key concepts in static and dynamic analysis as well as in parameter identification. The book focuses in particular on constrained mechanical systems. Their formulation in terms of differential-algebraic equations is the backbone of nearly all chapters. The book is written for students and teachers in numerical analysis and mechanical engineering as well as for engineers in industrial research laboratories working with modern multibody simulation tools. For a detailed description of the book's contents and additional material there is a special http://www.dna.lth.se/home/Claus_Fuhrer/teubner/>internet page . Note:More information on http://www.indmath.uni-linz.ac.at/www/ind/ecmi.html> ECMI

Edition details

• Publisher: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3519026015
• ISBN 13: 9783519026013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 290