Author
Laflin, Jeremy J.
Other Contributors
Anderson, Kurt S.; De, Suvranu; Picu, Catalin R.; Garde, Shekhar;
Date Issued
2016-05
Subject
Mechanical engineering
Degree
PhD;
Terms of Use
This electronic version is a licensed copy owned by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Copyright of original work retained by author.;
Abstract
The work contained herein makes a meaningful contribution the field of multibody dynamics in a variety of ways: (1) a new analytical model for highly-flexible bodies based on geometrically exact beam theory is developed that is compatible with the adaptive DCA framework. This allows the efficient simulation of dynamic systems containing rigid-bodies and bodies undergoing small or large deformations and lays the mathmatical framework for adaptive changes in body-type. (2) a method for computing the long-range electrostatic potential is developed that maximizes computational efficiency when using multibody-based coarse-grained models for molecular simulations. (3) the relevance of the underlying formulation is ensured by demonstrating its performance on GPU-type hardware, which is changing the landscape of scientific computing.;
Description
May 2016; School of Engineering
Department
Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering;
Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Relationships
Rensselaer Theses and Dissertations Online Collection;
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