TY - BOOK AU - Amirouche,Farid M.L TI - Fundamentals of multibody dynamics: theory and applications SN - 0817642366 AV - QA845 .A54 2006 PY - 2006///] CY - Boston PB - Birkhäuser KW - Dynamics KW - Kinematics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [655]-671) and index; Contents; 1 Particle dynamics : the principle of Newton's second law; 2 Rigid-body kinematics; 3 Kinematics for general multibody systems; 4 Modeling of forces in multibody systems; 5 Equations of motion of multibody systems; 6 Hamilton-Lagrange and Gibbs-Appel equations; 7 Handling of constraints in multibody systems dynamics; 8 Numerical stability of constrained multibody systems; 9 Linearization and vibration analysis of multibody systems; 10 Dynamics of multibody systems with terminal flexible links; 11 Dynamic analysis of multiple flexible-body systems ; 12 Modeling of flexibility effects using the boundary-element method; App. A Multibody dynamics flowchart for the construction of the equations of motion with constraints; App. B Centroid location and area moment of inertia; App. C Center of gravity and mass moment of inertia of homogeneous solids ER -