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Ball

Rigid sphere

Description

Connections

Parameters

Description

The Ball component models a homogeneous ball-like rigid body with a predefined density.

Connections

Name

Description

Modelica ID

frame__a

Center of ball

frame_a

Parameters

Name

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

R

1

m

Ball radius

R

R__i

0

m

Ball inner radius

R_i

Select density

Steel 7860 (kg/m^3)

 

Select a predefined material density

selectDensity

ρ

1000

kgm3

Ball user-defined material density

customDensity

Use initial conditions

false

 

True means parameters for specifying initial conditions for CoM (frame_a) are enabled. Refer to: Rigid Body

useICs

Show visualization

true

 

True means the ball geometry is visible in the 3-D playback

visualization

Transparent

false

 

True means the geometry is transparent in the 3-D playback

transparent

Color

 

Ball color in the 3-D playback

color

See Also

Machine Elements

Multibody