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This paper addresses the optimisation of the transient dynamical behaviour of mechanisms. The reduction of such optimisation problems to a non-linear programming problem is described. Furthermore, the sensitivity analysis serving as a link between simulation and general purpose optimisation codes is discussed. A method of sensitivity analysis is extended to mechanisms in which collisions can occur and the resulting equations are presented for a redundant description of multibody systems. Finally, the theory is applied to the optimisation of the geometry of a circuit breaker and the improvement of the system is experimentally evaluated.
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Schulz, M., Mücke, R. & Walser, HP. Optimisation of Mechanisms with Collisions and Unilateral Constraints. Multibody System Dynamics 1, 223–240 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009762222935
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