Symplectic Integration

A Unified Approach to Dynamic Analysis of Tensegrity Structures with Arbitrary Rigid Bodies and Rigid Bars

We propose a unified approach to dynamic modeling and simulations of general tensegrity structures with rigid bars and rigid bodies of arbitrary shapes. The natural coordinates are …

jiahui-luo
A Nonsmooth Modified Symplectic Integration Scheme for Frictional Contact Dynamics of Rigid--Flexible Multibody Systems featured image

A Nonsmooth Modified Symplectic Integration Scheme for Frictional Contact Dynamics of Rigid--Flexible Multibody Systems

Constructing an efficient high-order nonsmooth time-stepping integration scheme for rigid--flexible multibody systems with frictional contacts and impacts is a challenging task. …

jiahui-luo

Constructing Time Integration with Controllable Errors for Constrained Mechanical Systems

This paper investigates the numerical features of equivalent Lagrangian formulations for general mechanical systems and gives new insight into the error reduction of the …

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