Mechanical Multibody Systems with Deformable Components

The multibody system approach provides enhanced models of vehicles , robots, and air-and spacecrafts. Mixed systems consisting of both rigid and deformable bodies are aimed at growing demands for reened simulation. A basic modeling framework for this class of mechanical systems is presented which covers also inelastic material behavior. Moreover, the Diierential-Algebraic Equations (DAEs) obtained from semidiscretization in space are classiied and the application of DAE solvers is discussed. Two examples illustrate the simulation tasks and show the state-of-the-art in this eld of scientiic computing.