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The motion of interconnected flexible bodies
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Hopkins, A. S. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | The equations of motion for an arbitrarily interconnected collection of substructures are derived. The substructures are elastic bodies which may be idealized as finite element assemblies and are subject to small deformations relative to a nominal state. Interconnections between the elastic substructures permit large relative translations and rotations between substructures, governed by Pfaffian constraints describing the connections. Screw connections (permitting rotation about and translation along a single axis) eliminate constraint forces and incorporate modal coupling. The problem of flexible spacecraft simulation is discussed. Hurty's component mode approach is extended by permitting interconnected elastic substructures large motions relative to each other and relative to inertial space. The hybrid coordinate methods are generalized by permitting all substructures to be flexible (rather than only the terminal members of a topological tree of substructures). The basic relationships of continuum mechanics are developed. |
| File Size | 4518559 |
| Page Count | 233 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19750014739 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1zd2px8w |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-02-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Finite Element Method Flexible Bodies Translational Motion Continuum Mechanics Coupling Axes of Rotation Equations of Motion Elastic Deformation Pfaff Equation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |