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Prismatic

Prismatic Joint: allows 1 translational degree of freedom along the x or y axis

	Description
	The Prismatic component allows translational motion along either the x or y axis. The $Axis$ parameter selects the translational axis. The $K_{s}$ and $K_{d}$ parameters specify the spring and damping constants, respectively, for the translation. The $L_{0}$ parameter specifies the unstretched length of the translational spring.

Connections

Name	Description	Modelica ID
${frame}_{a}$	inboard frame	frame_a
${frame}_{b}$	outboard frame	frame_b
${flange}_{b}$	translation of joint	flange_b

Parameters

General Parameters

Name	Default	Units	Description	Modelica ID
Axis	$x-axis$		The axis of translation	dir
$K_{s}$	$0$	$\frac{N}{m}$	Spring constant for a non-ideal prismatic joint.	Kspring
$L_{0}$	$0$	$m$	Unstretched length of the translational spring	L0
$K_{d}$	$0$	$N \frac{s}{m}$	Damping constant for a non-ideal prismatic joint.	Kdamper
${IC}_{s, v}$	$ignore$		Indicates whether to ignore, try to enforce, or strictly enforce the translational initial conditions	MechTranTree
$s_{0}$	$0$	$m$	Initial displacement of the joint at the start of the simulation (expressed along ${\overset{&Hat;}{e}}_{1}$ ).	InitPos
$v_{0}$	$0$	$\frac{m}{s}$	Initial velocity of the joint at the start of the simulation (expressed along ${\overset{&Hat;}{e}}_{1}$ ).	InitVel

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