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Rod

Rod without inertia

Modelica Standard Library

	Description
	The Rod component consists of two rigidly connected flanges with no inertia.

	Equations
	$0 = f_{a} + f_{b}$ $s_{a} = s - \frac{1}{2} L$ $s_{b} = s + \frac{1}{2} L$

Variables

Name	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$s$	$m$	Absolute position of center of component	s
$s_{x}$	$m$	Position of flange $x, x \in \{a, b\}$	flange_x.s

Connections

Name	Description	Modelica ID
${flange}_{a}$	Left flange of translational component	flange_a
${flange}_{b}$	Right flange of translational component	flange_b

Parameters

Name	Default	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$L$	$0$	$m$	Length of component from left flange to right flange	L

	Modelica Standard Library
	The component described in this topic is from the Modelica Standard Library. To view the original documentation, which includes author and copyright information, click here.

See Also

1-D Mechanical Overview

Common Translational Components

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