A comprehensive survey of the literature of the most relevant analytical, numerical, and
experimental approaches for the kinematic and dynamic analyses of multibody mechanical …

This is a review of well established and recently introduced contact-force models that are
used in the dynamical analysis of multibody systems. In particular, two contact groups have …

Over the last decades, several compliant contact force models have been proposed.
However, no complete and systematic comparison has been done on these models, which …

In the present work, an introduction to the contact phenomena in multibody systems is made.
The different existing approaches are described, together with their most distinctive features …

The nature of the constitutive contact force law utilized to describe contact–impact events in
solid contact interfaces plays a key role in predicting the response of multibody mechanical …

The restitution coefficient serves as a critical parameter to evaluate the energy loss during
the contact/impact process. Its in–depth researches are beneficial to accurately describing …

A comprehensive combined numerical and experimental study on the dynamic response of
a slider-crank mechanism with revolute clearance joints is presented and discussed in this …

A general methodology for dynamic modeling and analysis of multibody systems with
multiple clearance joints is presented and discussed in this paper. The joint components that …

The main objective of this work is to present a computational and experimental study on the
contact forces developed in revolute clearance joints. For this purpose, a well-known slider …

A novel normal contact force model considering the energy dissipation for viscoelastic
bodies is presented. By solving the differential equation through applying Laplace transform …