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Contact processes may be described by local discretizations, by rigid representation or by mixed methods incorporating both ideas. A rigid body approach is proposed for the dynamics of mechanical systems, achieving good results also for multiple-contact problems. Contacts in multibody systems are mainly considered, with the corresponding contact constraints varying with time, thus generating structure-variant systems. The equations of motion for dynamical systems with such unilateral behavior are discussed, solution methods and applications are presented.
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Received 3 March 1999; accepted for publication 5 May 1999
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Pfeiffer, F. Unilateral problems of dynamics. Archive of Applied Mechanics 69, 503–527 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004190050240
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004190050240