Modern Contact Dynamics

Author: Peter Eberhard Hu Bin
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Contact dynamics is a discipline with significant theoretical and practical importance, deserving in-depth research. Contact problems, such as friction and collision, appear in many industrial fields such as machinery, instruments, and vehicles. Only by solving their computational problems can the real processes be simulated in many cases, designs improved, costs reduced, noise decreased, etc. This book comprehensively introduces the fundamental methods for computing contact dynamics problems today, including multibody dynamics, linear and nonlinear finite elements, rigid-body contact and elastic contact, as well as algorithms for numerical and geometric problems. It focuses on discussing how to use hybrid multibody and finite element algorithms to compute and solve dynamic contact problems involving large motions and large deformations. It also briefly introduces theoretical models and testing methods for describing collision contact processes. This book can serve as a textbook for graduate students in fields such as mechanics, machinery, vehicles, and instruments, as well as a reference for technical personnel in these areas. Contact dynamics is a discipline with significant theoretical and practical importance, deserving in-depth research. Contact problems, such as friction and collision, appear in many industrial fields such as machinery, instruments, and vehicles. Only by solving their computational problems can the real processes be simulated in many cases, designs improved, costs reduced, noise decreased, etc. This book comprehensively introduces the fundamental methods for computing contact dynamics problems today, including multibody dynamics, linear and nonlinear finite elements, rigid-body contact and elastic contact, as well as algorithms for numerical and geometric problems. It focuses on discussing how to use hybrid multibody and finite element algorithms to compute and solve dynamic contact problems involving large motions and large deformations. It also briefly introduces theoretical models and testing methods for describing collision contact processes. This book can serve as a textbook for graduate students in fields such as mechanics, machinery, vehicles, and instruments, as well as a reference for technical personnel in these areas.