Absolute nodal coordinate formulation (ANCF) is a nonincremental nonlinear finite element
procedure that has been successfully applied to the large deformation analysis of multibody …

This fully revised fifth edition provides comprehensive coverage of flexible multibody system
dynamics. Including an entirely new chapter on the integration of geometry, durability …

SPACE tether systems are a promising technology that can be used to solve a wide range of
problems. An overview of the different ways of space tether application can be found in [1, 2] …

A high‐fidelity multibody‐system dynamic model of the looped tether transportation system
(L‐TTS) is proposed in this study to study its large deformation as well as large overall …

This paper studies the dynamics of a tether transportation system by the nodal position finite
element method in the framework of an arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian description. Material …

Herein we analyze the dynamic behavior of a tethered satellite system for space debris
capture, considering the large deformation of a tether. The tethered satellite system is …

A unified rigid-flexible coupled modeling method for large flexible space structures is
proposed based on absolute nodal coordinate formulation (ANCF). The explicit formulas of …

This paper develops a high-fidelity and high-accuracy dynamic model to investigate libration
suppression of partial space elevator caused by a moving climber through tether …

This paper developed a high-fidelity virtual experiment for a partial space elevator using
nodal position finite element method with arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian description. The …

This paper studies the dynamic characteristics of an electric solar wind sail (E-sail). A high-
fidelity multiphysics model is developed by the nodal position finite element method to …