Space exploration and exploitation depend on the development of on-orbit robotic
capabilities for tasks such as servicing of satellites, removing of orbital debris, or …

This is a review of well established and recently introduced contact-force models that are
used in the dynamical analysis of multibody systems. In particular, two contact groups have …

Over the last decades, several compliant contact force models have been proposed.
However, no complete and systematic comparison has been done on these models, which …

A general and comprehensive analysis on the continuous contact force models for soft
materials in multibody dynamics is presented throughout this work. The force models are …

In the present work, an introduction to the contact phenomena in multibody systems is made.
The different existing approaches are described, together with their most distinctive features …

This work reviews the main techniques to model dynamical systems with contact-impact
events. Regularized and non-smooth formulations are considered, wherein the fundamental …

The nature of the constitutive contact force law utilized to describe contact–impact events in
solid contact interfaces plays a key role in predicting the response of multibody mechanical …

The selection of the contact force model plays a crucial role in the modeling and analysis of
dynamical systems. The seminal work by Hunt and Crossley, published in 1975, is one of …

One of the most important and complex parts of the simulation of multibody systems with
contact-impact involves the detection of the precise instant of impact. In general, the periods …

The impact is one of the most abundant phenomena in the field of multi-body dynamics
when two or more bodies come in close vicinity and depending on the interaction properties …