A study of the augmented Lagrangian method for open loop and closed loop constrained multibody dynamic systems /

accelerations, and (2) the effect that constraint violations

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Webb, Glenn Viktor, 1969-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
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Summary:accelerations, and (2) the effect that constraint violations
and constraint Jacobian products. Two computer codes in the
augmented Lagrangian method for closed loop systems, a
augmented Lagrangian method for open and closed loop
been carried out for the performance of the augmented
C language are created to be used together to implement the
can have on the total energy of the system in the absence of
complement on the convergence of the Lagrange multipliers and
constrained multibody dynamic systems. Much research has
effect of the number of degrees of freedom and the Schur
extends the use of this formulation into the area of systems
formulation for multibody systems containing spherical and/or
Lagrangian formulation for open loop systems. This research
means of creating the system-specific constraint equations
of multibody systems, it is necessary to have a practical
of the augmented Lagrangian formulation for dynamic analysis
outside perturbations. To investigate the performance of the
revolute joints. An open loop system consisting of n bars
suspended vertically from a pivot is used to study (1) the
systems.
that contain closed loops. To gain insight into the behavior
The primary objective of this thesis is to study the
thesis lays the goundwork for numerical study of closed loop
vehicle suspension system is modeled. The work in this
Item Description:"Major subject: Aerospace Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 89 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.