27.03.2026 – The Idea of “Mechanical Engineering”

💡 Each time I think about what could better represent the idea of 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, well, 𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 always jump into my mind 😬

🔦 The example in the animation is a 𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬, solved with the implicit approach. The non linearity is coming from both the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 and the 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 between the teeth.

🔍The book 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 deals with contacts at Chapter 12 and with dynamic analyses (both implicit and explicit) at Chapter 14