摘要:The finite segment modelling for the flexible beam-formed structural elemens is presented,in which the discretization views of the finite segment method and the difference from the finite element method are introduced. In terms of the nodal model, the joint properties are described easily by the model of the finite segment method,and according to the element properties,the assumption of the small strain is only met in the finite segment method, i. e., the geometric nonlinear deformation of the flexible bodies is allowable.Consequently, the finite segment method is very suited to the flexible multibody structure. The finite segment model is used and the arc differentiation is adopted for the differential beam segments.The stiffness equation is derived by the use of the principle of virtual work. The new modelling method shows its normalization, clear physical and geometric meanings and simple computational process.