A methodology for detect the precise instant of contact in multibody dynamics

The main purpose of this work is to present a general and comprehensive approach to automatically adjust the time step for the contact and non contact periods in multibody dynamics. The basic idea of the described methodology is to ensure that the first impact within a multibody system does not occu...

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Main Author: Flores, Paulo (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/14433
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/14433