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A multibody system (mbs) is a set of N body rigid bodies interconnected by joints. As illustrated in figure 3.1, mechanisms, road and railway vehicles, industrial or space manipulators, etc... are typical examples of multibody systems.
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Samin, JC., Fisette, P. (2003). Tree-like multibody structures. In: Symbolic Modeling of Multibody Systems. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 112. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0287-4_3
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