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Position Sensor

Measure the absolute position of a translational flange

Modelica Standard Library

	Description
	The Position Sensor component generates an output signal proportional to the absolute position of a translational flange.

	Equations
	$y = K_{toUnit} s_{flange}$ $f_{flange} = 0$

Variables

Name	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$f_{flange}$	$N$	Force applied to $flange$	flange.f
$s_{flange}$	$m$	Absolute position of $flange$	flange.s
$K_{toUnit}$		Conversion factor to selected units

Connections

Name	Description	Modelica ID
$flange$	Translational flange	flange
$y$	Sensor output	y

Parameters

Name	Default	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$toUnit$	$m$		Units of output signal	toUnit

	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

Translational Sensors

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