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Screw and Lie group theory allows for user-friendly modeling of multibody systems (MBS) while at the same they give rise to computationally efficient recursive algorithms. The inherent frame invariance of such formulations allows for use of…
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Variational integrators are well-suited for simulation of mechanical systems because they preserve mechanical quantities about a system such as momentum, or its change if external forcing is involved, and holonomic constraints. While they…
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