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Rod

Rod without inertia

 Description The Rod component consists of two rigidly connected flanges with no inertia.
 Equations $0={f}_{a}+{f}_{b}$ ${s}_{a}=s-\frac{1}{2}L$ ${s}_{b}=s+\frac{1}{2}L$

Variables

 Name Units Description Modelica ID $s$ $m$ Absolute position of center of component s ${s}_{x}$ $m$ Position of flange $x,x\in \left\{a,b\right\}$ flange_x.s

Connections

 Name Description Modelica ID ${\mathrm{flange}}_{a}$ Left flange of translational component flange_a ${\mathrm{flange}}_{b}$ Right flange of translational component flange_b

Parameters

 Name Default Units Description Modelica ID $L$ $0$ $m$ Length of component from left flange to right flange L

 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.

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