SIMPLORER User Manual V6.0 - FER-a

Spring
SIMPLORER 6.0 — Manual 327
The time controlled force/torque sources have the same properties as the linear force/torque
source above; the position can be arbitrary and the internal resistance is zero (ideal source).
The value of force/torque instead is equivalent to the present value of the selected time function
at each calculation step.
Component Parameters
Description [Unit] Parameter Name Data Type
Amplitude [N]/[Nm] AMPL real
Frequency [Hz] (no trapezoidal function parameter) FREQU real
Period [s] TPERIO real
Delay [s] TDELAY real
Phase [deg] PHASE real
Angular Dimension n/a
Offset OFF real
Periodical; PERIO=1, periodical function, PERIO=0; non-periodical
function
PERIO real
Damping factor [1/s] (only sine function)
DAMPING>0, amplitude is exponentially decreasing
(damped). DAMPING>Basics>Physical Domains>Mechanical>Displacement-Force-Representation
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The component represents a simple spring specified by a spring rate.
Ft () = C⋅s() t
Mt () =
C ⋅ ϕ() t