Vehicle Crash Dynamics P9

The solution to a problem with an impact or excitation model having more than two masses and/or any number of non-linear energy absorbers becomes too complex to solve in a closed form. Then, numerical evaluation and integration techniques are necessary to solve for the dynamic responses. Models such as the two non-isomorphic (with different structural configuration) hybrid or standard solid models, the combination of two hybrid models, and special cases with point masses will be treated first in closed-form. The purpose of the closed-form analysis is to investigate the dynamic responses of two dynamically equivalent hybrid models. In a multi-mass...