Research

Applied multibody dynamics; mathematical modelling and computer simulation; vehicle dynamics.

Application

Shipboard helicopter operation; postural stability analysis; vehicle and system simulation.

Activities

• Member, ABCD Working Group on Human Performance at Sea
• Member, American Helicopter Society (AHS)
• Member, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI)
• Member, Canadian Committee for the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (CCToMM)

Journal Articles

F. Khouli, F. Afagh, and R. Langlois (2008), “Application of the first order generalized alpha method to the solution of an intrinsic geometrically exact model of rotor systems,” ASME Journal of Computational and Numerical Dynamics (publication pending).

A. Weiss, R.G. Langlois, and M.J.D. Hayes (2008), “The effects of dual-row omni-directional wheels on the kinematics of the Atlas spherical motion platform,” Mechanism and Machine Theory (publication pending).

R.G. Langlois, S.N. MacKinnon, and C.A. Duncan (2008), “Modelling Sea Trial Motion Induced Interruption Data Using an Inverted Pendulum Articulated Postural Stability Model,” International Journal of Marine Engineering (publication pending).

F. Khouli, R.G. Langlois, and F.F. Afagh (2007), “Analysis of active closed cross-section beams based on asymptotically-correct thin-wall beam theory,” Smart Materials and Structures.

A.S. Wall, F.F. Afagh, R.G. Langlois, and S.J. Zan (2007), “Modelling helicopter blade sailing: dynamic formulation and validation,” J. App. Mech. (publication pending).

A.S. Wall, R.G. Langlois, and F.F. Afagh (2007), “Development of a planar dynamic helicopter model for use in blade sailing research,” Applied Mechanics.

A.S. Wall, R.G. Langlois, F.F. Afagh, and S.J. Zan (2007), “Development of a planar dynamic helicopter model for use in blade sailing research,” J. App. Mech..