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This chapter deals with the formulations of flexible elements such as flexible joints, cables, beams, and plates and shells, which are presented in sections 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, and 16.4, respectively. In all cases, geometrically exact formulations are derived, i.e., the displacements and rotations of the elements are arbitrarily large, although strain components are assumed remain small, a feature that significantly simplifies the governing equations of motion of these structural components.
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Bauchau, O.A. (2011). Formulation of flexible elements. In: Flexible Multibody Dynamics. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 176. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0335-3_16
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