Simulation Techniques for Applied Dynamics
September 17, 2007 — September 21, 2007
Coordinators:
- Werner Schiehlen (Universitaet Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany)
- Martin Arnold (University Halle-Wittenb., Halle (Saale), Germany)
In engineering, dynamical systems consist of mechanical, electrical and/or hydraulic components as well as control devices with computer hardware and software. The design of such systems requires advanced modelling and simulation techniques to analyse the dynamical behaviour of coupled physical phenomena.
The methods and software tools of multibody dynamics proved to be a powerful platform for the simulation of these heterogeneous engineering systems. The non-mechanical system components are either considered by appropriate extensions of classical multibody system simulation tools or by the coupling with standard simulation tools from other disciplines (hydraulics, computer aided control engineering, ...) in a co-simulation framework.
Alternatively, the heterogeneous engineering system may be described in a unified modelling framework like bond graph modelling. The unified modelling approach as well as the co-simulation techniques are used with great success in industrial applications.
The course “Simulation Techniques for Applied Dynamics” starts with the basics in multibody dynamics and in bond graph modelling and focuses on advanced modelling and simulation techniques for heterogeneous systems with special emphasis on robust and efficient numerical solution techniques and on a large variety of applied problems including case studies of co-simulation in industrial applications, methods and problems of model based controller design, optimization and real-time applications.
The aim of the course “Simulation Techniques for Applied Dynamics” is to provide detailed knowledge on modelling and simulation of advanced mechatronic systems with applications to dynamical analysis and model based controller design. The lecturers who come from five European countries are experts in this field that ranges from basic theoretical aspects to the state-of-the-art in industrial high-end applications.
The course is addressed to engineers, mathematicians and physicists from industry and research institutes, who are concerned with system dynamics, control and computer simulation of mechanical and mechatronic systems, research scientists, postgraduate and graduate students with interests in theoretical background and practical applications of computer simulation in applied dynamics.