Title: Integration of multibody systems in mechatronic simulation environments of any kind

Authors: Javier Urruzola, Angel Suescun, Juan Tomas Celigueta, Javier Pargada, Mikel Perez, Sergio Ausejo

Addresses: CAD/CAM/CAE Area, European Virtual Engineering (EUVE), Avda.de los Huetos 79, 01010 Vitoria, Spain. Department of Applied Mechanics, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Tecnicas de Gipuzkoa (CEIT) and University of Navarra, Lardizabal, 15, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain. Department of Applied Mechanics, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Tecnicas de Gipuzkoa (CEIT) and University of Navarra, Lardizabal, 15, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain. Department of Applied Mechanics, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Tecnicas de Gipuzkoa (CEIT) and University of Navarra, Lardizabal, 15, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain. Department of Applied Mechanics, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Tecnicas de Gipuzkoa (CEIT) and University of Navarra, Lardizabal, 15, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain. Department of Applied Mechanics, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Tecnicas de Gipuzkoa (CEIT) and University of Navarra, Lardizabal, 15, 20018 San Sebastian, Spain

Abstract: In this paper, we describe the characteristics of a software library for multibody simulation which is compliant with a large variety of simulation environments. This software package is the result of the current needs of multibody clients, who demand far more than a traditional application able to model and analyse mechanisms. They want a tool which is highly flexible, efficient and transparent and can therefore be used to integrate multibody models in the frame of real-time multidisciplinary simulations. In order to show the good performance of this tool, its application in European project ODECOMS is presented.

Keywords: multibody systems; real time simulation; mechatronics; symbolic mainpulation; vehicle design.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2002.001978

International Journal of Vehicle Design, 2002 Vol.28 No.1/2/3, pp.57-67

Published online: 15 Aug 2003 *

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