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A Perspective on Computer-Oriented Mutlibody Dynamical Formalisms and their Implementations

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Dynamics of Multibody Systems

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Past work on computer-oriented formalisms for rigid/gyrostatic bodies is surveyed, together with their numerical computer program implementations.

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Schwertassek, R., Roberson, R.E. (1986). A Perspective on Computer-Oriented Mutlibody Dynamical Formalisms and their Implementations. In: Bianchi, G., Schiehlen, W. (eds) Dynamics of Multibody Systems. IUTAM Symposium. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82755-6_22

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