Modelling the Dynamics of Mass Capture

This thesis presents an approach to modelling dynamic mass capture which is applied to a number of system models. The models range from a simple 2D Euler-Bernoulli beam with point masses for the end-effector and target to a 3D Timoshenko beam model (including torsion) with rigid bodies for the end-e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lahey, Timothy John
Language:en
Published: 2013
Subjects:
FEA
FEM
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7505