Multiscale Multibody Dynamics

Multiscale Multibody Dynamics
Author: Jielong Wang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2023-03-24
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811984417

This book presents a novel theory of multibody dynamics with distinct features, including unified continuum theory, multiscale modeling technology of multibody system, and motion formalism implementation. All these features together with the introductions of fundamental concepts of vector, dual vector, tensor, dual tensor, recursive descriptions of joints, and the higher-order implicit solvers formulate the scope of the book’s content. In this book, a multibody system is defined as a set consisted of flexible and rigid bodies which are connected by any kinds of joints or constraints to achieve the desired motion. Generally, the motion of multibody system includes the translation and rotation; it is more efficient to describe the motion by using the dual vector or dual tensor directly instead of defining two types of variables, the translation and rotation separately. Furthermore, this book addresses the detail of motion formalism and its finite element implementation of the solid, shell-like, and beam-like structures. It also introduces the fundamental concepts of mechanics, such as the definition of vector, dual vector, tensor, and dual tensor, briefly. Without following the Einstein summation convention, the first- and second-order tensor operations in this book are depicted by linear algebraic operation symbols of row array, column array, and two-dimensional matrix, making these operations easier to understand. In addition, for the integral of governing equations of motion, a set of ordinary differential equations for the finite element-based discrete system, the book discussed the implementation of implicit solvers in detail and introduced the well-developed RADAU IIA algorithms based on post-error estimation to make the contents of the book complete. The intended readers of this book are senior engineers and graduate students in related engineering fields.

Flexible Multibody Dynamics

Flexible Multibody Dynamics
Author: O. A. Bauchau
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 730
Release: 2010-10-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 940070335X

The author developed this text over many years, teaching graduate courses in advanced dynamics and flexible multibody dynamics at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering of the Georgia Institute of Technology. The book presents a unified treatment of rigid body dynamics, analytical dynamics, constrained dynamics, and flexible multibody dynamics. A comprehensive review of numerical tools used to enforce both holonomic and nonholonomic constraints is presented. Advanced topics such as Maggi’s, index-1, null space, and Udwadia and Kalaba’s formulations are presented because of their fundamental importance in multibody dynamics. Methodologies for the parameterization of rotation and motion are discussed and contrasted. Geometrically exact beams and shells formulations, which have become the standard in flexible multibody dynamics, are presented and numerical aspects of their finite element implementation detailed. Methodologies for the direct solution of the index-3 differential-algebraic equations characteristic of constrained multibody systems are presented. It is shown that with the help of proper scaling procedures, such equations are not more difficult to integrate than ordinary differential equations. This book is illustrated with numerous examples and should prove valuable to both students and researchers in the fields of rigid and flexible multibody dynamics.

Analytical Methods in Rotor Dynamics

Analytical Methods in Rotor Dynamics
Author: Andrew D. Dimarogonas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-02-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9400759053

The design and construction of rotating machinery operating at supercritical speeds was, in the 1920s, an event of revolutionary importance for the then new branch of dynamics known as rotor dynamics. In the 1960s, another revolution occurred: In less than a decade, imposed by operational and economic needs, an increase in the power of turbomachinery by one order of magnitude took place. Dynamic analysis of complex rotor forms became a necessity, while the importance of approximate methods for dynamic analysis was stressed. Finally, the emergence of fracture mechanics, as a new branch of applied mechanics, provided analytical tools to investigate crack influence on the dynamic behavior of rotors. The scope of this book is based on all these developments. No topics related to the well-known classical problems are included, rather the book deals exclusively with modern high-power turbomachinery.

Dynamics of Multibody Systems

Dynamics of Multibody Systems
Author: Ahmed A. Shabana
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2013-09-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1107042658

Introducing multibody dynamics with an emphasis on flexible body dynamics, this edition features an additional chapter with explanations for the fundamental issues addressed.

A Multibody Formulation for Three Dimensional Brick Finite Element Based Parallel and Scalable Rotor Dynamic Analysis

A Multibody Formulation for Three Dimensional Brick Finite Element Based Parallel and Scalable Rotor Dynamic Analysis
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2010
Genre:
ISBN:

This paper presents a unified formulation for a 3-dimensional finite element based non-linear multibody analysis for helicopter rotors. Special multibody brick elements are developed which can be used to embed arbitrary joint rotations within a 3-dimensional structure. A multi-level iterative substructuring algorithm, that is parallel and scalable, is redesigned to accommodate multibody components in a manner that maintains its underlying numerical scalability. The brick multibody formulation is then used to study the impact of non-linear 3-dimensional hub end effects in rotors that are not modeled by current generation beam based models. The constraints that arise from a physical 3-D connection of a rotor blade to a joint are shown to alter the internal stresses at its hub end and impact torsion dynamics significantly - a physics that is uniquely rotary wing in nature. Large scale structural models are then constructed for a hingeless, an articulated, and a bearingless rotor, consisting of multiple flexible components and multibody connections near the hub end, and containing up to 0.48 million degrees of freedom. The models are analyzed for scalability and timing for hover and forward flight solutions on up to 128 processors. The key conclusion is that multibody components can indeed be incorporated within a fully parallel multi-level iterative substructuring algorithm without impacting its numerical scalability. And, integrated carefully within 3-dimensional brick elements, they open new opportunities for capturing fundamental physics of 3-dimensional stress fields on rotary wing structures.

Multibody Dynamics

Multibody Dynamics
Author: Juan Carlo Garcia Orden
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2007-04-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1402056842

The ECCOMAS Thematic Conference Multibody Dynamics 2005 was held in Madrid, representing the second edition of a series which began in Lisbon 2003. This book contains the revised and extended versions of selected conference communications, representing the state-of-the-art in the advances on computational multibody models, from the most abstract mathematical developments to practical engineering applications.

Computational efficient flexible multibody dynamics with nonlinear loads and many modes

Computational efficient flexible multibody dynamics with nonlinear loads and many modes
Author: Wolfgang Witteveen
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2022-04-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3346635384

Professorial Dissertation from the year 2021 in the subject Physics - Mechanics, , language: English, abstract: The consideration of Finite Element (FE) structures in multibody simulation (MBS) has become an established method, especially when the number of force application points remains moderate. In recent years, a trend can be observed in which distributed loads are considered as well, such as those arising from the contact of two elastic bodies. For finely-meshed FE structures, this results in a large number of possible force application points. In such a case, conventional methods fail, leading to exorbitantly high computation times. In the last decade, approaches for the reduced computation of deformations inside distributed load application areas were introduced. Special approach vectors are used, called "local modes" here. These local modes lead to a reduction in the involved equations by several orders of magnitude. However, for very large potential load application areas, a large number of local modes is still required—for example, several thousand. Since each local mode leads to a differential equation, a fast numerical time integration is not possible with common methods. In this work, two methodological improvements are proposed for a fast and accurate time integration of such systems.

Dynamics of Flexible Multibody Systems

Dynamics of Flexible Multibody Systems
Author: Edmund Wittbrodt
Publisher: Foundations of Engineering Mechanics
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2006
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

A new approach is presented for modelling multi-body systems, which constitutes a substantial enhancement of the Rigid Finite Element method. The new approach is based on homogeneous transformations and joint coordinates, and it yields the advantage that equations of motion are automatically generated for systems consisting of alternate rigid and flexible links. Apart from its simple physical interpretation and easy computer implementation, the method is also valuable for educational purposes since it impressively illustrates the impact of mechanical features on the mathematical model. This novel modelling approach is then applied to systems such as offshore-cranes and telescopic rapiers.