Inertia
Purpose
Model a rotating body with inertia
Library
Mechanical / Rotational / Components
Description
This component models a rotating body with inertia and two rigidly connected flanges. The angular speed is determined by the equation
where and
are the torques acting at the two flanges towards the
body.
Parameters
- Moment of inertia
- The moment of inertia
, in
.
- Initial speed
- The initial angular speed
, in
.
- Initial angle
- The initial angle
, in radians. May be specified in order to provide proper initial conditions if absolute angles are measured anywhere in the system. Otherwise, this parameter can be left blank.
Probe Signals
- Speed
- The angular speed of the body.
- Angle
- The absolute angle of the body (wrapped between
and
).