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M Mass matrix; torque vector
M Block diagonal matrix of mass and inertia tensors
e
p , p r Applied force/moment vector, reactive force/moment
vector
Load vector at element I
p i
ˆ u Vector of node displacement, element displacement
vector
ε Vector of the element strains
τ Vector of the element stresses
ω Rotating velocity vector

Abbreviations

AMS Analogue mixed-signal
DAE Differential-algebraic equation system
DSP Digital signal processor
IEEE Institute of electrical and electronics engineers
FPGA Field programmable gate array
HDL Hardware description language
RAM Random access memory
SCS Society of computer simulation
VHDL VHSIC hardware description language
VHSIC Very high speed integrated circuit

Registered Trademarks

ADAMS Mechanical Dynamics, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
ANSYS Ansys, Inc., Houston, PA, USA
MAST Avant! Corporation, Fremont, CA, USA
MATLAB/Simulink The MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA, USA
MATRIX X Integrated Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Modelica Modelica Design Group
PSpice MicroSim Corp., Irvine, CA, USA
Saber Avant! Corporation, Fremont, CA, USA
Sparc SUN Microsystems, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Verilog Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
VHDL system
simulator (VSS) Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA