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Robert Langlois

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

    Email:robert.langlois@carleton.ca
    Phone:613-520-2600, ext. 5714
    Building:Visualization and Simulation Building, Room 6214C
    Department:Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Degrees:Engineering Diploma, St. Francis Xavier B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D., Queen's

    Biography

    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.