%0 Journal Article %A Hesham A. Elkaranshawy and Amr M. Abdelrazek and Hosam M. Ezzat %D 2015 %J International Journal of Physical and Mathematical Sciences %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 106, 2015 %T Power Series Solution to Sliding Velocity in Three-Dimensional Multibody Systems with Impact and Friction %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002452 %V 106 %X The system of ordinary nonlinear differential equations describing sliding velocity during impact with friction for a three-dimensional rigid-multibody system is developed. No analytical solutions have been obtained before for this highly nonlinear system. Hence, a power series solution is proposed. Since the validity of this solution is limited to its convergence zone, a suitable time step is chosen and at the end of it a new series solution is constructed. For a case study, the trajectory of the sliding velocity using the proposed method is built using 6 time steps, which coincides with a Runge- Kutta solution using 38 time steps. %P 599 - 602