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Pure Elastic Contact Force Models

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Contact Force Models for Multibody Dynamics

Part of the book series: Solid Mechanics and Its Applications ((SMIA,volume 226))

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The most important pure elastic constitutive laws commonly utilized to model and analyze contact-impact events in the context of multibody mechanical system dynamics are presented in this chapter. Additionally, the fundamental issues related to the generalized contact kinematics, developed under the framework of multibody system dynamics formulation, are briefly described. In this process, the main contact parameters are determined, namely the indentation or pseudo-penetration of the potential contacting points, and the normal contact velocity. Subsequently, the linear Hooke’s contact force model and the nonlinear Hertz’s law are presented together with a demonstrative example of application. Some other elastic contact force models are also briefly described.

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    Paulo Flores

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, USA

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Flores, P., Lankarani, H.M. (2016). Pure Elastic Contact Force Models. In: Contact Force Models for Multibody Dynamics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 226. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30897-5_2

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