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FlexibleBodies Library

Flexible Beams, Annular Plates and general FE-based Bodies

The FlexibleBodies Library provides Modelica models to represent flexible bodies as beams, annular plates with optional thermo-elastic properties and modal bodies. The user can define beam-like structures such as the rotor blades shown in figure 1 by simply parametrizing an analytical model of a straight and homogeneous beam considering two-dimensional bending, torsional and lengthening deformations. The same approach is also applied to model the bending behavior of annular plates such as a helicopter swash plate in figure 1. For both model types, a graphical user interface allows the definition of a complete set of complete set of geometrical and physical properties.

Figure 2 shows an automotive brake system with a floating caliper. Due to the chosen so-called arbitrary Langrangian-Eulerian description also non-rotating loads such as brake normal and friction forces (visualized be green arrows) and the associated heat flow may be applied in a very convenient way since the contact modelling is substantially simplified.

 FlexibleBodies Library Figure 1 FlexibleBodies Library Figure 2
Figure 1: Blade Pitch Control     Figure 2: Brake System

The component ModalBody allows to represent flexible bodies of a general geometrical shape. The geometrical and physical properties are defined by an SID (standard input data) file that is usally generated by an external program.

The SID file can be exported from Abaqus directly (as of version 6.10-EF). For users of ANSYS, Nastran, I-DEAS and PERMAS, we recommend the preprocessor FEMBS that is capable to generate an SID file from the FE programs. The user of the ModalBody model has to define which SID file is to be accessed to parametrize the body via the Modelica user interface. The SID data of a beam are completely generated by Modelica while ModalBody needs a file. For the application of ModalBody models in real-time environments the SID-data may be converted into a Modelica package so that external file access is avoided.

 FlexibleBodies Library Figure 3 FlexibleBodies Library Figure 4
Figure 3: Engine     Figure 4: Piston Rod

The motion of a flexible structure is defined by superposition of a large nonlinear motion of a reference frame with small elastic deformations. In order to consider initial buckling behavior, stress stiffening and softening effects can be described if supported by the preprocessor.


Further Information

Datasheet
Catalog
FlexibleBodies Library, Catalog Page (PDF, 450 kB)
Modelica Libraries, Catalog (PDF, 4.8 MB)
Literature An Annular Plate Model in Arbitrary Langrangian-Eulerian Description for the DLR FlexibleBodies Library (PDF, 1.9 MB)

A Thermo-elastic Annular Plate Model for the Modeling of Brake Systems (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Tutorial: Modelling and Simulation of Rigid and Flexible Multibody Systems in Modelica
(Modelica Conference 2011, PDF, 1.5 MB)

The DLR FlexibleBodies library to model large motions of beams and of flexible bodies exported from finite element programs
(Modelica Conference 2006, PDF, 973 kB)

Availability

Version 2.1 is available for Dymola.
Tested on Dymola 2015 and Modelica Standard Library 3.2.1.

We also supply the preprocessor FEMBS from SIMPACK AG.

For more information, prices and quotations please contact info@Bausch-Gall.de.


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