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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 23
ADVANCES IN SIMULATION AND INTERACTION TECHNIQUES
Edited by: M. Papadrakakis and B.H.V. Topping
Paper IV.7

A Computer-Aided Simulation Approach for Mechanisms with Intermittent Contact Joints

D. Wang, C. Conti, P. Dehombreux and O. Verlinden

Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Service de Mecanique Rationnelle, Belgium

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
D. Wang, C. Conti, P. Dehombreux, O. Verlinden, "A Computer-Aided Simulation Approach for Mechanisms with Intermittent Contact Joints", in M. Papadrakakis, B.H.V. Topping, (Editors), "Advances in Simulation and Interaction Techniques", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 215-222, 1994. doi:10.4203/ccp.23.4.7
Abstract
During motion, the topology of some special industrial mechanisms may change due to intermittent contact joints, leading to addition, deletion or modification of constraints. The bases of a general computer-aided simulation approach for mechanisms with changing topology are developed in this paper. Relative coordinates are used to describe in a unified way the properties of either lower-pair or higher-pair contact joints. The equations governing the motion of the mechanism are obtained by the Hamilton canonical formulation which is useful to solve the impact problem consecutive to collisions. A set of strategies is developed to automatically predict the modifications of topology in order to perform a continuous dynamic simulation.

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