Modelling of unilateral constraints using power-based restriction functions within Lagrangian mechanics

Thomas Specker, Michael Buchholz and Klaus Dietmayer

Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 2015, vol. 21, issue 6, 509-534

Abstract: The consideration of unilateral contacts within multi-body systems is a common but also difficult task. Established modelling approaches such as the rigid body theory or the Hertzian contact are suitable for single-body systems but show serious problems with increasing system complexity. Indeed, there are different approaches to extend the existing models to multi-body systems, but with a growing number of contacts and the consideration of tangential friction, those enhancements are hardly applicable, showing numeric problems or becoming unmanageable. Thus, to overcome these limitations, a new modelling approach for unilateral contacts defined by power-based restriction functions is proposed in this contribution. The proposed contact model is based on continuous functions, making it numerically robust as well as applicable within Lagrangian mechanics. The approach is easily applicable and even remains manageable for multiple contacts since each constraint can be independently adapted by four physical parameters. The simple applicability and generalizability of the approach is demonstrated by several examples.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/13873954.2015.1016976

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