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 …

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 …

This paper presents and discusses the results obtained from a parametric study on the
Baumgarte stabilization method for forward dynamics of constrained multibody systems. The …

It is known that the dynamic equations of motion for constrained mechanical multibody
systems are frequently formulated using the Newton–Euler's approach, which is augmented …

The standard approach to railway vehicle dynamic analysis includes running the vehicle
multibody models in rigid railway tracks. The wheel–rail contact, independently of the rolling …

This work aims at presenting, in a comprehensive manner, several approaches to model
and simulate closed loop topologies using the classical Lagrangian formulation. One of the …

The development and computational implementation, on a multibody dynamics
environment, of a constitutive relation to model bushing elements associated with …

In this paper we are interested in the dynamic behavior of a slider-crank mechanism with
single and two revolute clearance joints. Due to the clearance existence in the revolute …

The dynamic analysis of railway vehicles requires an accurate representation of the vehicle,
the track geometry and structure, and their interaction. Generally, flexible track models with …

A thorough analysis of mechanisms requires higher derivatives of the kinematic relations
between its members. Such a relation is the (forward) kinematic mapping of a kinematic …