...Mohsen Nakhaeinejad; Michael D. Bryant Multibody dynamics of healthy and faulty rolling element bearings were modeled using vector bond graphs. A 33 degree of freedom (DOF) model was constructed for a bearing with nine balls and two rings (11 elements). The developed model can be extended...

... element analysis iterative methods mechanical contact wear wear contact elastic foundation finite element multibody dynamics joint clearance Mechanical/multibody systems consist of a number of components that are interconnected by joints. These joints typically consist of at least...