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Discrete variational Lie group formulation of geometrically exact beams dynamics

Tudor Ratiu, Yves Weinand, François Gay-Balmaz, François Marie Alain Demoures
2015
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Abstract

The goal of this paper is to derive a structure preserving integrator for geometrically exact beam dynamics, by using a Lie group variational integrator. Both spatial and temporal discretization are implemented in a geometry preserving manner. The resulting scheme preserves both the discrete momentum maps and symplectic structures, and exhibits almost-perfect energy conservation. Comparisons with existing numerical schemes are provided and the convergence behavior is analyzed numerically.

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Tudor Ratiu, Yves Weinand, François Gay-Balmaz, François Marie Alain Demoures
2015
Journal Articles

Abstract

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/0cb416c7-9a6a-4ce3-9e6f-67da9f7108c9

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