In this paper, studies on dynamic modeling, simulation and experiment of power
transmission belt drives are comprehensively reviewed. In the past few decades, many …

This comprehensive review primarily concerns axially moving flexible structures in problems
involving distributed structure-to-solid contact. The distinguishing features of axially moving …

Several industrial robotic applications that require high speed or high stiffness-to-inertia
ratios use parallel kinematic robots. In the cases where the critical point of the application is …

We present a general formulation for problems of sliding structures and axially moving
beams that undergo large deformations. The formulation relies on a coordinate …

We present a new mathematical model for the dynamics of a beam or a string, which moves
in a given axial direction across a particular domain. Large in-plane vibrations are coupled …

We develop and validate a mathematical model of a belt drive with dry friction between the
belt and the pulleys. Considering an idealized setting, we make use of the Eulerian (spatial) …

A non-material shell finite element model is developed and applied to the example problem
of a slack steel belt moving on two rotating drums. For the first time in the open literature we …

We propose a non-material finite element scheme for modelling large deformations of a
closed flexible rod supported by two rigid pulleys in the field of gravity. The mixed Eulerian …

The setting of a looped drive belt on two equal pulleys is considered. The belt is modelled as
a Cosserat rod, and a geometrically nonlinear model with account for tension and transverse …

We seek the steady-state motion of a slack two-pulley belt drive with the belt modeled as an
elastic, shear-deformable rod. Dynamic effects and gravity induce significant transverse …