ADAMS2: A SPARSE MATRIX APPROACH TO THE DYNAMIC SIMULATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

An efficient computer program for general purpose dynamic simulation of two-dimensional mechanical systems named ADAMS2 Automatic Dynamic Analysis of Mechanical Systems, 2-Dimensional) is described. This program was developed along the same lines as the ADAMS [4] program for simulation of three-dimensional mechanical systems. For two-dimensional analysis this approach results in reduced execution time and storage requirements in comparison to specialized use of the 3D code.