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Dynamic simulation of crankshaft multibody systems

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General multibody system approaches are often not sufficient for specific situations in applications to yield an efficient and accurate solution. We concentrate on the simulation of the crankshaft dynamics which is characterized by flexible bodies and force laws describing the interaction between the bodies. The use of the floating frame of reference approach in our model leads to an index-2 DAE system. The algebraic constraints originate from the reference conditions and the normalization equation for the quaternions. For the time integration of this system, two aspects have to be taken into account: firstly, for efficiency exploiting the structure of the system and using parallelization. Secondly, consistent initial values also with respect to a related index-3 system have to be computed in order to compute missing initial velocities and to reduce transient phenomena.

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  1. Industrial Mathematics Competence Center, Altenberger Str. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    C. B. Drab, J. R. Haslinger & R. U. Pfau

  2. Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Altenberger Str. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    H. W. Engl

  3. AVL List GmbH, Hans-List-Platz 1, 8020, Graz, Austria

    G. Offner

  4. Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Altenberger Str. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    W. Zulehner

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The work of C.B. Drab, J.R. Haslinger, and R.U. Pfau is supported by the “Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit” and by the government of Upper Austria within the framework “Industrielle Kompetenzzentren und Netzwerke”.

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Drab, C.B., Engl, H.W., Haslinger, J.R. et al. Dynamic simulation of crankshaft multibody systems. Multibody Syst Dyn 22, 133–144 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-009-9152-8

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