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Force Step

Force step

Modelica Standard Library

	Description
	The Force Step component generates a step force at the flange. The Use Support Flange boolean parameter enables a support flange on the housing. When true (checked) the support flange must be connected in the drawing. When false the component is internally fixed to ground.

	Equations
	$f = f_{flange} = - f_{0} - {\begin{array}{c} 0 & t < T_{0} \\ f_{h} & otherwise \end{array}$ $if Use Support Flange then f_{support} = - f$ $s = s_{flange} - {\begin{array}{c} s_{support} & Use Support \\ 0 & otherwise \end{array}$

Variables

Name	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$f$	$N$	Accelerating force acting at flange	f
$f_{flange}$	$N$	Accelerating force acting at flange	flange.f
$f_{support}$	$N$	Force acting at support	support.f
$s$	$m$	Distance between flange and support	s
$s_{flange}$	$m$	Position of flange	flange.s
$s_{support}$	$m$	Position of support	support.s

Connections

Name	Description	Modelica ID
$flange$	Translational flange	flange
$support$	Conditional Support Flange	support

Parameters

Name	Default	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$f_{h}$	$1$	$N$	Height of force step	stepForce
$f_{0}$	$0$	$N$	Offset of force	offsetForce
$T_{0}$	$0$	$s$	Time offset of step	startTime
Use Support Flange	$false$		True (checked) enables support flange	useSupport

	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

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