Multibody Systems History of ADAMS

Dynamics of Multibody Systems

Biomechanical Modelling of a Golf Swing by Means of the Multibody-Kinetics Software "ADAMS"

Previous double pendulum models of the golf swing could have included some over-simplifications (only two model segments, 2D analysis of 3D motion, rotation around a fixed pivot point). This has been overcome by full-body models driven by motion capture data from real swings. However, information regarding the validity of these models is still limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to cr...

The Comparison of Direct and Indirect Optimization Techniques in Equilibrium Analysis of Multibody Dynamic Systems

The present paper describes a set of procedures for the solution of nonlinear static-equilibrium problems in the complex multibody mechanical systems. To find the equilibrium position of the system, five optimization techniques are used to minimize the total potential energy of the system. Comparisons are made between these techniques. A computer program is developed to evaluate the equality co...

Analyzing and Optimizing Multibody Systems*

Optimization of holonomic as well as non-holonomic multi body systems is presented as a nonlinear programming problem that can be solved with general-purpose optimization codes. The adjoint variable approach is used for calculating design derivatives of a rather general integral type performance measure with respect to design parameters. The resulting equations are solved by numerical integrati...

Dynamics and Control of Multibody Systems