Systems Flexible Bodies Library (FBZ)

The Modelica based Systems Flexible Bodies Library enables the efficient mathematical modeling of flexible bodies such as components of multi-body and arbitrary physical systems. This library provides 4 Modelica model classes. Three of these classes are based on an analytical description of flexible bodies with a characteristic geometrical shape such as beams, annular plates and thermos-elastic annular plates.

• Model and simulate mechanical systems that contain a mixture of rigid elements and flexible beam structures
• Reduce costs through the seamless modeling and simulation of scenarios that are expensive and difficult to physicallly test
• Analyze the impact of geometric stiffening and buckling during simulations
• Beam Model is capable to represent a straight, homogenous and isotropic beam
• The ModalBody model is capable to represent bodies with an arbitrary geometrical shape