Runge-Kutta-Nyström methods for general second order ODEs with application to multi-body systems. Murua, A. Applied Numerical Mathematics, 28(2):387–399, 1998.
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The numerical integration of non-stiff second order ODE systems by means of Runge-Kutta-Nyström methods is considered. It is assumed that the right-hand side of the system does depend on but a considerable amount of intermediate calculations needed to evaluate only depend on q and t. Such systems often arise in practice, in particular, in multi-body system simulation. We construct three particular Runge-Kutta-Nyström methods for general second order ODEs, two methods of order five, and one of order six. Numerical comparisons are presented, which show that Runge-Kutta-Nyström schemes can be constructed that are more efficient than explicit Runge-Kutta methods when applied to non-stiff multi-body systems.
@Article{         Murua_1998aa,
  abstract      = { The numerical integration of non-stiff second order ODE systems by means of Runge-Kutta-Nyström methods is considered. It is assumed that the right-hand side of the system does depend on but a considerable amount of intermediate calculations needed to evaluate only depend on q and t. Such systems often arise in practice, in particular, in multi-body system simulation. We construct three particular Runge-Kutta-Nyström methods for general second order ODEs, two methods of order five, and one of order six. Numerical comparisons are presented, which show that Runge-Kutta-Nyström schemes can be constructed that are more efficient than explicit Runge-Kutta methods when applied to non-stiff multi-body systems.},
  author        = {Murua, Ander},
  doi           = {10.1016/S0168-9274(98)00055-5},
  file          = {Murua_1998aa.pdf},
  issn          = {0168-9274},
  journal       = {Applied Numerical Mathematics},
  keywords      = {ode,second-order},
  langid        = {english},
  number        = {2},
  pages         = {387--399},
  title         = {{Runge}-{Kutta}-{Nyström} methods for general second order {ODE}s with application to multi-body systems},
  volume        = {28},
  year          = {1998},
  shortjournal  = {APNUM}
}

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