The Rotational Clutch (or Clutch) component models a clutch controlled by an input signal. Two rotational flanges are pressed together via a normal force.

Normal Force

The normal force applied to the clutch surface is the product of a parameter, $f_{n_{\max }}$, and a normalized input signal, $f_{\mathrm{normalized}}$.

$f_n\=f_{n_{\max }}{f}_{\mathrm{normalized}}0\le f_{\mathrm{normalized}}\le 1$

Friction Force

When the absolute angular velocity is not zero, the friction torque is a function of the velocity dependent friction coefficient $\mathrm{\mu }\left(w\right)$ , the normal force, $f_n$, and a geometric constant, $c_{\mathrm{geo}}$, which takes into account the geometry of the device and the assumptions on the friction distributions.

$\mathrm{\tau }\=c_{\mathrm{geo}}\mathrm{\mu }\left(w\right)f_n$

The geometric constant is calculated as

$c_{\mathrm{geo}}\=N\frac{r_o\+r_i}{2}$

where $r_i$ is the inner radius, $r_o$ is the outer radius, and $N$ is the number of friction interfaces.

Friction Table

The positive part of the friction characteristic, $\mathrm{\mu }\left(w\right)\&comma;w\ge 0$, is defined by the ${\mathrm{\mu }}_{\mathrm{pos}}$ parameter as a two-dimensional table (array) that specifies the sliding friction coefficients at given relative angular velocities. Each row has the form $\left[w_{\mathrm{rel}}\&comma;\mathrm{\mu }\left(w_{\mathrm{rel}}\right)\right]$. The first column must be ordered, $0\le w_1<w_2<\cdots <w_m$. To add rows, right-click on the value and select Edit Matrix Dimension. Only linear interpolation is supported.

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