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===== Example: Visualizing the effective rotation axis of a rigid body in an eigenmode ===== | ===== Example: Visualizing the effective rotation axis of a rigid body in an eigenmode ===== | ||
- | When a rigid body is rotating, there will be an effective axis around which that rotation is taking place. This axis may pass through the rigid body, but it could also be located entirely outside the body. | + | When a rigid body is rotating, there is an effective axis around which that rotation is taking place. This axis may pass through the rigid body, but it could also be located entirely outside the body. |
When analyzing the eigenmodes of a system, some modes may show significant motion of rigid bodies. Other modes may show mostly flexible deformation, | When analyzing the eigenmodes of a system, some modes may show significant motion of rigid bodies. Other modes may show mostly flexible deformation, | ||
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- | For the interpretation of the rigid body motion in an eigenmode, it can be helpful to visualize the effective axis of rotation. This can be done in a post-processing step, following a SPACAR Light simulation, using standard MATLAB plotting commands and a custom script: {{ : | + | For the interpretation of the rigid body motion in an eigenmode, it can be helpful to visualize the effective axis of rotation. This can be done in a post-processing step, following a SPACAR Light simulation, using standard MATLAB plotting commands and a custom script: {{ : |
- | In the MATLAB | + | In the main model script, after '' |
<code matlab> | <code matlab> | ||
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- | Here, we're using the standard MATLAB plotting command '' | + | Here, we're using the standard MATLAB plotting command '' |
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+ | The results for two eigenmodes are shown in the figures below. Node 3 was used, which is one of the nodes connected to the dark blue rigid body stage of the cross-hinge mechanism, and indicated by the black dot. | ||
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- | When applied to the first eigenmode and node number 3 (which is attached to the darkblue cross-hinge rigid body stage) | ||
A few remarks: | A few remarks: | ||
- | * Crude code, overlays | + | * This visualization |
- | * If there' | + | * If the specified node does not actually rotate in the specified eigenmode, |
+ | * Simulation results in general may be displayed in various load steps (e.g. if a command like '' | ||
+ | * It is possible that the motion of a rigid body consists of //both// a rotation about an effective axis //and// a simultaneous translation along that same axis: the rigid body then makes a screw motion. In this case, the script //will return// the effective axis. | ||
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<code matlab rotaxis_example.m> | <code matlab rotaxis_example.m> |