PhD Course on

Advanced Mechanics of Mechanical Systems

Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Aalborg University &

Danish Center for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (DCAMM)

Sept. 18-21, 2012, Aalborg, Denmark

  1. Course outline
  2. Time schedule (new)
Day 1, Sep. 18

Room: Fib. 16, Rm1.101 (9:00-12:00)

Fib.16, Rm 1.111 (13:00-16:00)

 

 Time Lecturer Contents Materials (will be uploaded soon)
9:00-16:00 Michael S.  Andersen Fundamentals of kinematics of multibody systems
  • Kinematic description of rigid bodies
  • Open and closed-loop mechanisms
  • Constraint equations
  • Rigid body orientation and rotation matrix
  • Position, velocity and acceleration analysis
 Exercises

Slides

Reading instructions

 
Day 2, Sep. 19

Room: Fib 16,Rm 1.201

 

 9:00-16:00 Shaoping Bai Dynamic modeling of rigid multibody systems
  • Newton-Euler equation
  • Lagrange equations
  • Numerical implementation
  • Formulations with improved performance
  • Other topics

Gear Dynamics

 

exercise

Matlab solution

Slides

 
Day 3, Sep. 21

Room: Fib 16,Rm 1.211(MORNING)

1.111(AFTERNOON)

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 9:00-12:00

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13:00-16:00

 Aki Mikkola Dynamic modelling of flexible mechanical systems
  • Kinematics of flexible body
  • Description of deformation
  • Constraint equations and governing equations of motion
  • Modelling of flexible multibody systems

 

 Notes

Slides

Matlab codes
Workshop on MSC Adams*, Sep 20

Room: Fib 16,Rm 1.111

 

 9:00-12:00

 

 Fredrik Sjogren,

MSc Sweeden

 Dynamic modeling with Adams

Overview of MSC Software

Introduction to Adams

Overview of the capabilities of Adams with examples

Follow-along hands-on exercise

 Slides

*Note: the workshop is optional to participants

 

Maps

A: Pon 103,  B: Fib. 16, C: Fib. 14, D: Canteen,  E: No 2 Bus Stop

To get there: Take bus no. 2 from Aalborg bus terminal (train station) to AAU, the stop is just beside the small lake. It takes about 20 minutes.

References