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Object-oriented analysis of spatial multibody systems based on graph theory

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The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the implementation of efficient methods in the analysis of general multibody systems. The main goal is a total general purpose program which is able to handle the analysis of open as well as closed loop systems.

The development of a general purpose program necessitates considerations concerning storing of code and data access facilities of the analysis code. Many of the building blocks for the analysis are supposed to solve the same problems although this is obtained in different ways depending on the specific type of block. These considerations lead to the creation of an object oriented structure of the analysis code.

The development of the analysis algorithms is based on the kinematics of the system. The implementation of these schemes is based on graph theory and is presented through an example by the end of the paper.

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  1. Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark

    C. Balling

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Balling, C. Object-oriented analysis of spatial multibody systems based on graph theory. Engineering with Computers 13, 211–221 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200048

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