Abstract
This paper develops a structure-preserving variational integrator for geometrically exact beam in Hamel's field formalism. A simulation illustrates that the derived algorithm preserves energy, momentum and geometry structure.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 692-698 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 20 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- Geometrically exact beam
- Hamel's field variational integrator
- Structure-preserving