Robert G. Langlois

Professor; Associate Dean, Student Success – Faculty of Engineering and Design

• Engineering Diploma, St. Francis Xavier B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D., Queen’s
• 6214C Visualization and Simulation Building, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
• Email Robert G. Langlois
• 613-520-2600 ext 5714

Research Interests:

• Multibody dynamics
• Aircraft/ship dynamic interface analysis
• Vehicle dynamics
• Mathematical modelling and computer simulation

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

R.H. Phillion and R.G. Langlois. Relationships between ship motion and shipboard helicopter interface forces. SNAME J. Ship Research. (Accepted pending minor revisions February 2012).

A. Kahn and R.G. Langlois. Factoring cycling in transportation infrastructure: design considerations based on risk exposure. J. Institute of Transportation Engineers (JITE). 81(8):49-53, Aug. 2011.

A. Weiss, R.G. Langlois, and M.J.D. Hayes. Unified treatment of the kinematic interface between a sphere and omnidirectional wheel actuators. ASME J. Mechanisms and Robotics. Accepted Aug. 2011. 32 double-spaced pages.