From Multibody Systems Modeling to Distributed Real-Time Simulation

  • Authors:
  • Remi Cozot

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • SS '96 Proceedings of the 29th Annual Simulation Symposium (SS '96)
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

We present in this paper an expandable simulation framework. This system called DREAM (Deformable and Rigid objects Efficient for simulAtion and Modeling) provides modelling, analysis and real-time simulation tools for rigid and deformable multibody systems. DREAM modelling tool consists of a unified abstract model which integrates traditionnal physically based models such as rigid solids, mass-springs meshes, finite elements and particle systems. By means of Lagrange's equations, DREAM computes exact motion equations in a symbolic form to allow easy analysis of such mechanisms. Afterwards DREAM generates a C++ simulation code which solves the motion equations in our real-time distributed simulation platform. The latter is composed of different layers which manage communication and synchronization between concurrent C++ simulation codes. We present theoretical, numerical and practical aspects of the simulation framework.