Lecture: Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Schindler 
Assistance: Dipl.-Ing. Jan Clauberg 

The slides are available on Moodle(www.moodle.tum.de). Information about dates can be found on TUM-Online (http://campus.tum.de).

Multi-body systems are technical systems consisting of different rigid or elastic bodies that are interconnected. The connections may be modeled with classical force elements like spring-dampers or realized by kinematical constraints, e.g. joints. Moreover, frictional contacts between bodies can be modeled using unilateral constraints and Coulomb-friction.

In the meantime multi-body simulation programs are well established and can be found in a variety of industrial sectors, for example in aeronautical engineering or in the automobile industry. In consideration of initial and boundary values, a multi-body simulation provides the transient motion of the bodies as well as the forces and moments acting in the connections between bodies. Besides the Finite Element Method (FEM), the multi-body simulation is an important tool for numerical computations in mechanical engineering.

The basic aim of the lecture “Multi-body simulation” is to give access to the computer aided simulation of dynamical systems.

Besides aspects regarding the physical and mathematical modeling, the course also deals with numerical methods for time-integration and optimization.

Topics:
Multi-body dynamics, numerical integration, modeling, implementation

In addition to the lecture, a lab course is offered.