Multibody dynamics brings to mind molecular dynamics (gromacs, lammps),
though you mean contact mechanics not atomistic dynamics. Perhaps the
MD software can be adapted to that though it would be a different kind
of model (element-based contact modelling rather than continuum body
modelling) .
We have a number of finite element packages (fenics, deal.ii) which can
serve as the engine for contact mechanics, though you'd have to
implement the weak formulation for your system to get it running
(example scripts exist).
Does siconos do what you need?
Drew
On 2021-03-26 15:37, Rock Storm wrote:
Dear Debian Science,
I recently came across the question of whether I could replace
proprietary MSC ADAMS [1] software for multi-body dynamics simulation
with
a FOSS alternative. Best, option seems to be MBDyn [2]. However, it is
not packaged in Debian though it was requested quite long ago [3]. I
could not find any other related programs in either the Engineering [4]
or Physics [5] lists of packages (though it is not a surprise entirely
given those pages seem quite outdated). Do we have any other program
for
this kind of simulation already packaged in Debian that I'm missing?
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSC_Adams
[2]: https://www.mbdyn.org
[3]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=899218
[2]: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/Engineering
[3]: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/Physics
Thanks a lot,
--
Rock Storm
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