Interactive rigid body simulation is an important part of many modern computer tools, which
no authoring tool nor game engine can do without. Such high‐performance computer tools …

This paper deals with continuous contact force models applied to the human-in-the-loop
simulation of multibody systems, while the results are valid in general to all the real-time …

There has been a growing attention to efficient simulations of multibody systems, which is
apparently seen in many areas of computer-aided engineering and design both in academia …

Impacts are instantaneous, computationally efficient approximations of collisions. Current
impact models sacrifice important physical principles to achieve that efficiency, yielding …

Multibody system simulations are increasingly complex for various reasons, including
structural complexity, the number of bodies and joints, and many phenomena modeled …

This paper summarizes the various recent advancements achieved by utilizing the divide-
and-conquer algorithm (DCA) to reduce the computational burden associated with many …

This paper consists of two parts. The first part presents a complementarity based recursive
scheme to model intermittent contact for flexible multibody systems. A recursive divide-and …

This chapter provides an initial investigation into using the Graphics Processing Unit
(GPU)(or similar hardware) to execute the Divide-and-Conquer Algorithm (DCA), which …

The focus of this paper is to review hybrid recursive‐complementarity formulations for
multibody systems characterized by a large number of bilateral constraints which are …

Molecular modeling has gained increasing importance in recent years. With the
development of unprecedented computational power, the research community is edging …