Multibody Systems and Simulation Techniques

Abstract

This part begins with an introduction to Multibody Systems (MBS). It presents the elements of MBS and discusses different modeling aspects. Then, different methods to generate the equations of motion are presented. Solvers for ordinary differential equations (ODE) as well as differential algebraic equations (DAE) are discussed. Finally, techniques for "online" and "offline" simulations including realtime applications are presented like necessary for car development. Special examples show the connection between simulation and test results.