Grants and Contributions:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021).

This proposal is a continuation of the previous successful collaboration with CMLabs Simulations. It builds on the results achieved in the previous projects of this collaboration. We will continue and expand the work to investigate some of the important, challenging problems in dynamics modelling and simulation of large-scale mechanical systems such as construction machinery, cranes and port equipment, robotic workcells and operations. In our work we will specifically focus on the further development and implementation of a general formulation of mechanical system models. In this framework the system elements can be connected to each other through bilateral and unilateral interactions that are representable by constraints or constitutive relations. We will develop and implement mathematical models, techniques, and algorithms that are made possible by this formulation. We will also investigate the feasibility and performance of numerical solution algorithms asx000D
they pertain to the different model forms. In the project we plan to train a group of 16 HQP trainees. The proposed work will be structured into three groups of activities that have several interconnection points.\ We expect that the results of the work will produce important research findings that will strongly contribute to the Canadian economy. The simulations and virtual environments industry has strong roots in Quebec. The expected results will further strengthen this industrial sector, and will generate the basis for new business opportunities and contribute to the creation of new jobs. This will be of significant benefit to our partner, CMLabs Simulations Inc., and the Canadian society at large.