A modified Adjoint method is presented, in which computation can be distributed to 2d+2 processors, where d is the number of degrees of freedom of the multibody system, and the Adjoint backward initial value problem (IVP) is replaced by a boundary value problem (BVP), which is solved through a backward multiple shooting algorithm. In the equivalent BVP formulation, each time-step is solved in the backward direction, but time-steps advance in the forward direction. As a result, the memory load for storing generalized coordinates during integration of the DAE of motion, is minimized. The specific objectives are (...) to develop a new method, called the Piecewise Adjoint method, that (1) requires the integration of a number of DAE that does not depend on the number of design parameters; (2) has a parallel computational structure; (3) progresses forward in time; and (4) minimizes the memory load required by the backward integration of the Adjoint DAE.

Numerical methods for design sensitivity analysis of multibody dynamics are presented. An analysis of the index-3 adjoint differential-algebraic equations is conducted and stability of the integration of the adjoint differential-algebraic equations in the backward direction is proven.

This book presents the proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Optimal Design and Control of Multibody Systems 2022, covering research papers in the realm of optimal structural and control design for both rigid and flexible multibody systems. It delves into the application of the adjoint approach, enabling the undertaking of extensive topology optimizations to unearth body designs that excel under time- and design-dependent loads. Encompassing presentations on (adjoint) sensitivity analysis, structural optimization, optimal control, robust optimization, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computational methods and software development, the IUTAM Symposium 2022 showcased the latest breakthroughs and innovative methodologies. This book presents 14 meticulously peer-reviewed proceedings papers from the event, evenly split between the Optimal Design and Optimal Control panels.

In this report, the technical objective is the derivation of a systematic and unified theory and organization of a corresponding general computer program for the design of constrained dynamic systems by judicious selection of the most suitable methods from the following branches of mathematics and mechanics: (a) Optimization Methods, (b) Rigid Body Mechanics, (c) Numerical Integration Methods, and (d) Matrix Manipulation Methods. Accordingly, a method of formulating and automatically integrating the equations of motion and design sensitivity adjoint equations for general constrained dynamic systems is presented. Design sensitivity analysis is carried out using a state-space method that has previously been used for design optimization of linear structural systems. Application of efficient sparse matrix computational methods is shown to be suitable for both dynamic and design sensitivity analyses and for interactive strained system is treated with three degrees of freedom. Algebraic equations prescribing constraints between various bodies are then written and a Lagrangian formulation is used to write the dynamical equations of motion for each body of the system. A stiff predictor-corrector numerical integration (GEAR) algorithm is used for numerical integration of mixed systems of nonlinear differential equations of motion and algebraic equations of constraint (together with spring-damper relations and other user-supplied equations).

Topics in Modal Analysis, Volume 10: Proceedings of the 33rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2015, the tenth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Structural Dynamics, including papers on: Experimental Techniques Processing Modal Data Rotating Machinery Acoustics Adaptive Structures Biodynamics Damping

By having its origin in analytical and continuum mechanics, as well as in computer science and applied mathematics, multibody dynamics provides a basis for analysis and virtual prototyping of innovative applications in many fields of contemporary engineering. With the utilization of computational models and algorithms that classically belonged to different fields of applied science, multibody dynamics delivers reliable simulation platforms for diverse highly-developed industrial products such as vehicle and railway systems, aeronautical and space vehicles, robotic manipulators, smart structures, biomechanical applications and nano-technologies. The chapters of this volume are based on the revised and extended versions of the selected scientific papers from amongst 255 original contributions that have been accepted to be presented within the program of the distinguished international ECCOMAS conference. It reflects state-of-the-art in the advances of multibody dynamics, providing excellent insight in the recent scientific developments in this prominent field of computational mechanics and contemporary engineering.