Dynamics of spatial beams in quaternion description based on the Newmark integration scheme

Animating rotation with quaternion curves

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A finite strain beam formulation. The three-dimensional dynamic problem. Part I

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An excursion into large rotations

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On the dynamics in space of rods undergoing large motions — A geometrically exact approach

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