Computation of kinematic paths and bifurcation points

DOI10.1016/S0020-7683(99)00327-3zbMath0994.74030MaRDI QIDQ1584981

R. Smith

Publication date: 7 October 2002

Published in: International Journal of Solids and Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

multibody system; bifurcation point; deployable structures; kinematic bifurcation; solar sail; pin-jointed bars; single-parameter motion; thin membrane structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74H15: Numerical approximation of solutions of dynamical problems in solid mechanics

74H60: Dynamical bifurcation of solutions to dynamical problems in solid mechanics

Uses Software

• AXIOM