Self-Adaptation of Natural-Coordinate System

Abstract:

A self-adaptation method for natural-coordinate systems is proposed, in order to automate the selection of natural coordinates for each rigid element of a multibody system. The four-step method includes: First, find out all empty positions, which come from the feature points or vectors of the joints attached to the element, and give equal weight to them; second, delete redundant empty positions and add their weight to the unique one; third, select at most four empty positions which have a maximum total weight and can be occupied by a natural-coordinate system at the same time; fourth, the standard natural-coordinate system on the element can adapt itself to the selected empty positions, leading to an actual natural-coordinate system, which contains twelve rational natural coordinates for the element. The implementation of the method has been achieved on a multibody dynamics and motion analysis platform, InteDyna, with the result that modeling efficiency is enhanced and model quality improved.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 367)
• Pages: 286-291
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.367.286
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Ke Wei Zhang, Yun Qing Zhang
• Keywords: Fully Cartesian Coordinates, Modeling, Multibody Dynamics, Multibody Systems, Natural Coordinates, Natural-Coordinate System, Simulation

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