1. PROJECTIVE CONSTRAINT VIOLATION STABILIZATION METHOD FOR MULTIBODY SYSTEMS ON MANIFOLDS Prof. dr. Zdravko Terze Dept. of Aeronautical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Eng. & Naval Arch. University of Zagreb Dr. Joris Naudet Multibody Mechanics Group Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Vrije Universiteit Brussel

2. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Introduction Focus: constraint gradient projective method for numerical stabilization of mechanical systems  holonomic and non-holonomic constraints Numerical errors along constraint manifold  optimal partitioning of the generalized coordinates  to provide full constraint satisfaction  while minimizing numerical errors along manifold  optimal constraint stabilization effect Numerical example

3. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Unconstrained MBS on manifolds - autonomous Lagrangian system, n DOF, Differentiable-manifold approach: - configuration space  differentiable manifold covered (locally) by coordinate system x (chart), n ODE

4. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS is not a vector space, at every point :  n-dimensional tangent space + union of all tangent spaces :  tangent bundle (‘velocity phase space’)  Riemannian metric (positive definite)  locally Euclidean vector space, dim = 2n, CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD

5. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD MBS with holonomic constraints unconstrained system:, - trajectory in the manifold of configuration  holonomic constraints:,  restrict system configuration space (‘positions’): n-r dim constraint manifold:  at the velocity level:  linear in

6. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Geometric properties of constraints - constraint matrix:  constraint subspace  tangent subspace,  basis vectors:  - constraint submanifold : described by  minimal form formulation.... : :

7. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Mathematical model of CMS dynamics  DAE of index 3:  DAE of index 1:  ‘projected ODE’ :,,  integral curve drifts away from submanifold  only if can be determined that describe  constraint stabilization procedure is not needed

8. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD MBS with non-holonomic constraints ‘r’ holonomic constraints:  additional ‘nh’ non-holonomic constraints :  do not restrict configuration space /‘positions’  impose additional constraints on /‘ velocities’  if linear in velocities (Pfaffian form), - system constraints, DAE  constraint stabilization procedure

9. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Stabilized CMS time integration Integration step (DAE or ‘projected’ ODE) Stabilization step  generalized coordinates partitioning:  correction of constraint violation, Problem: inadequate coordinate partitioning  negative effect on integration accuracy along manifold  constraints will be satisfied anyway !!

10. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Constraint gradient projective method  projective criterion to the coordinate partitioning method (Blajer, Schiehlen 1994, 2003), (Terze et al 2000), (Terze, Naudet 2003)

11. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Questions ?! If optimal subvector for ‘positions’ is selected:  is the same subvector optimal choice for velocity stabilization level as well ?  is it valid in any case ? Is the proposed algorithm applicable for stabilization of non-holonomic systems ?

12. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Structure of partitioned subvectors System tangent bundle: dim = 2n  Riemannian manifold Holonomic constraints - ‘position’ constraint manifold  x correction gradient: 1 2,,

13. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD - velocity constraint manifold  correction gradient :  Holonimic systems: optimal partitioning returns ‘the same dependent coordinates’ at the position and velocity level 1 2

14. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Non-holonomic constraints linear (Pfaffian form): H + NH constraints:  correction gradient:  x correction gradient:  Non-holonomic systems: correction gradients do not match any more. A separate partitioning procedure for stabilization at configuration and velocity level !!

15. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Coordinates relative projections vs time

16. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Non-holonomic mechanical system - dynamic simulation of the satelite motion (INTELSAT V)

17. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Reference trajectories

18. DEPARTMENT OF AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING CHAIR OF FLIGHT VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONSTRAINT GRADIENT PROJECTIVE METHOD Relative length of projections on constraint subspace