Abstract Design optimization of flexible multibody dynamics is critical to reducing weight and
therefore increasing efficiency and lowering costs of mechanical systems. Simulation of …

In a recent paper of the authors, a novel nodal-based floating frame of reference formulation
(FFRF) for solid finite elements has been proposed. The nodal-based approach bypasses …

In multibody system models, body flexibility is introduced when the structure compliance is
not negligible for an accurate description of the system behaviour. Flexible multibody …

Abstract The Floating Frame of Reference Formulation (FFRF) is one of the most widely
used methods to analyze flexible multibody systems subjected to large rigid-body motion but …

Rigid body models are only sufficient for rough estimates of the dynamics of real world
systems, such as machines, robots and vehicles. Although, deformations are usually small …

Corotational formulations play an important role for flexible multibody dynamics systems,
because they reflect the nature of many technical systems undergoing arbitrarily large rigid …

Dynamic analysis of flexible body under large rotation becomes increasingly important in
many engineering applications. This work takes rotating flexible beam as numerical …

The dynamics of linearly-elastic multibody (MB) systems is conventionally modeled via the
floating frame of reference formulation (FFRF); however, its equations of motion (EOMs) …

The conventional continuum-mechanics-based floating frame of reference formulation
involves unhandy so-called inertia-shape-integrals in the equations of motion, which is why …

Cantilever beam assumption is widely used to estimate gear flexibility for analytical
calculation of transmission error of gear pair. Similar to the rotating beam, it is supposed that …