Pseudo-prototyping of aerospace mechanical dynamic systems with a generalized computer program

The ADAMS computer program for automated analysis of mechanisms and machines is described. The program automatically formulates mathematical models for prototype or existing mechanisms with the minimum necessary physical and geometric data. The model can then be analyzed in various modes of analysis. The outputs (displacements, velocities, acceleration and forces) can be produced in tabular and graphical (plots, wire frame graphics) form. The application of this computer program to simulating satellite docking maneuvers is illustrated

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Development and application of vector mathematics for kinematic analysis of three-dimensional mechanisms

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A network-variational basis for generalized computer representation of multifreedom, constrained, mechanical systems

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Computer graphics in the dynamic analysis of mechanical networks

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