An overview of the ANCF approach, justifications for its use, implementation issues, and future research directions

AA Shabana - Multibody System Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents an overview of the finite-element (FE) absolute nodal coordinate
formulation (ANCF), provides justifications for its use, and discusses issues relevant to its …

Review on the absolute nodal coordinate formulation for large deformation analysis of multibody systems

J Gerstmayr, H Sugiyama… - Journal of …, 2013 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The aim of this study is to provide a comprehensive review of the finite element absolute
nodal coordinate formulation, which can be used to obtain efficient solutions to large …

Nonlinear dynamic formulation for flexible origami-based deployable structures considering self-contact and friction

T Yuan, L Tang, Z Liu, J Liu - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
Compared with the conventional rigid origami, the flexible origami has larger deformation
and more complicated mechanical property and nonlinear problems due to self-contact and …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear dynamics and control of large deployable space structures composed of trusses and meshes

H Haiyan, T Qiang, Z Wei, J Dong**, H Gengkai… - 力学进展, 2013 - lxjz.cstam.org.cn
The space industry in China is eager to have the advanced technology of large space
structures composed of trusses, cables and meshes. Such a large space structure, deployed …

Strain-based geometrically nonlinear beam formulation for rigid–flexible multibody dynamic analysis

K Otsuka, Y Wang, R Palacios, K Makihara - AIAA Journal, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Geometrically nonlinear strain-based beam formulation has the potential to analyze flexible
slender components in multibody systems efficiently owing to the minimum number of …

An analysis of the flexibility modeling of a net for space debris removal

M Shan, J Guo, E Gill - Advances in Space Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Operational spacecraft are facing a risk of collision with space debris objects. The net
capturing method has been proposed to mitigate this risk on spacecraft. The mass-spring …

Motion and shape control of soft robots and materials

AA Shabana, AE Eldeeb - Nonlinear dynamics, 2021 - Springer
A continuum-based approach for simultaneously controlling the motion and shape of soft
robots and materials (SRM) is proposed. This approach allows for systematically computing …

ALE formulation for dynamic modeling and simulation of cable-driven mechanisms considering stick–slip frictions

X Zheng, T Yang, Z Chen, X Wang, B Liang… - Mechanical Systems and …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an arbitrary Lagrange Euler (ALE) method for dynamic modeling and
simulation of cable-driven mechanisms considering stick–slip frictions. The dynamic …

A forward-inverse dynamics modeling framework for human musculoskeletal multibody system

X Wang, J Guo, Q Tian - Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2022 - Springer
Multibody musculoskeletal modeling of human gait has been proved helpful in investigating
the pathology of musculoskeletal disorders. However, conventional inverse dynamics …

Flexible multibody model and the dynamics of the deployment of mesh antennas

Y Peng, Z Zhao, M Zhou, J He, J Yang… - Journal of guidance …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
DEPLOYABLE mesh antennas have been of increasing interest to the aerospace industry in
recent decades [1] because of their high packaging efficiency and low areal densities [2] …