2015/10/06 by John Nordberg, Nordberg, John, Martin Servin +1
Engineering · #Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions #Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1611.03741
openalex publication_date 2015/10/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A method for simulation of elastoplastic solids in multibody systems with nonsmooth and multidomain dynamics is developed. The solid is discretised into pseudo-particles using the meshfree moving least squares method. The particles carry strain and stress tensor variables that are mapped to deformation constraints and constraint forces. The discretised solid model thus fit a unified framework for nonsmooth multidomain dynamics for realtime simulations including strong coupling of rigid multibodies with complex kinematic constraints such as articulation joints, unilateral contacts with dry friction, drivelines and hydraulics. The nonsmooth formulation allow for impulses, due to impacts for instance, to propagate instantly between the rigid multibody and the solid. Plasticity is introduced through an associative perfectly plastic modified Drucker-Prager model. The elastic and plastic dynamics is verified for simple test systems and the capability of simulating tracked terrain vehicles driving on a deformable terrain is demonstrated.