Rigid-Flexible Coupling Dynamics Analysis of Multi-output Transient Deployment Mechanism Based on ANCF

Firstly, based on Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation (ANCF), the generalized coordinates, generalized stiffness, and generalized mass matrices of the rigid and flexible components in the multi-output deployment mechanism are established. Considering the inconsistency in the dimensions of the system’s generalized coordinate matrix and the generalized coordinate matrix of each single-output deployment mechanism, a coordinate coordination matrix is introduced. Composing the rigid-flexible coupling dynamics model of the multi-output transient deployment mechanism in the global coordinate system using each single-output deployment mechanism. The dynamic model is solved using the Newmark and BFD quasi-Newton methods, incorporating the system constraint equation matrix based on the Lagrange multiplier method. The calculated results are compared with the ABAQUS-ADAMS unified simulation. The two dynamic response change trends are basically consistent, with slight differences in oscillation amplitude, but similar overall, which verifies the accuracy of the constructed dynamic model. Compared to the rotational speed and acceleration of various outputs of the ideal rigid body simulation, the rigid-flexible coupling mechanism produces continuous oscillations above and below the output curve of the ideal rigid body.