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numerous examples, we also present a systematic approach to deriving the
equations of motion for multidiscipline dynamic systems.
Chapter 4 In this chapter Lagrange’s equation motion is extended to ac-
commodate systems with displacement, flow, effort and dynamic constraints.
This modeling approach leads to the Lagrangian differential-algebraic equa-
tions (LDAEs) of motion.
Chapter 5 This chapter presents numerical techniques for the solution of
differential equations, and differential-algebraic equations. Here, we give par-
ticular emphasis to the explicit and implicit Runge-Kutta methods. Also, we
consider some of the subtleties involved is solving differential-algebraic equa-
tions. For example, we address the problem of computing consistent initial
conditions, as well as the problem reducing the differentiation index of the
system in order to obtain accurate solutions.
Chapter 6 The concepts of equilibrium, and stability, in the sense of Lya-
punov, are introduced in this chapter. These ideas are used to analyze the
behavior of some simple dynamic systems. This chapter also presents sim-
ulation results for various the models developed in the book. Here, we use
two programs to demonstrate the efficacy of the modeling technique devel-
oped here. The first program, ldaetrans, translates an input file describing
the model into the LDAEs. This is accomplished via symbolic differentiation
of the system energy terms and constraints. The program ldaetrans also
generates MATLAB/Octave files that can be used to integrate the equations
of motion. A second program presented in this chapter is ride. This is a
MATLAB/Octave implementation of an implicit Runge-Kutta method that
is used to integrate the Lagrangian differential-algebraic equations. In ad-
dition, some of the example problems in this chapter are used to introduce
concepts from linear and nonlinear feedback control.
Acknowledgment A number of my graduate students have contributed to
the development of the material presented in this book. They include; Richard
A. Layton, Jonathan Alberts and Jae Suk. In addition, the research that has
culminated in this book was supported by the National Science Foundation
under Grant MSS-9350467. This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Brian C. Fabien
Seattle, Washington
August, 2008