WOLFRAM SYSTEM MODELER

Cylinder

Cylinder chamber

Wolfram Language

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SystemModel["Hydraulic.Cylinders.Cylinder"]
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Information


This is a model of a single acting cylinder. See Chamber for a description of the cylinder chamber.

Implementation

Chamber is used as a base class.

Limitations

The piston has no mass, the cylinder has no friction, and there are no chamber walls that the piston can hit.

Reference

C. Nordling and J. Österman, Physics Handbook for Science and Engineering, 7th ed., Lund, Sweden: Studentlitteratur, 2004 p. 183.

Parameters (8)

medium

Value: Oil()

Type: Medium

Description: Medium in the component

useSupport

Value: false

Type: Boolean

Description: = true, if support flange enabled, otherwise implicitly grounded

diameterPiston

Value:

Type: Diameter (m)

Description: Diameter of piston

A

Value: pi * (diameterPiston / 2) ^ 2

Type: Area (m²)

Description: Area of piston

Vdead

Value: A * (lengthRod + lengthPiston) * 0.005

Type: Volume (m³)

Description: Dead volume

lengthRod

Value:

Type: Length (m)

Description: Length of piston rod

lengthPiston

Value: 0

Type: Length (m)

Description: Length of piston

strokeAnimationLength

Value: 1

Type: Position (m)

Description: Stroke when animation has reached its end position.

Connectors (3)

flange

Type: Flange_b

Description: Flange of component

support

Type: Support

Description: Support/housing of component

port

Type: Port_a

Description: Hydraulic port

Components (1)

medium

Type: Medium

Description: Medium in the component

Used in Components (2)

CylinderDouble

Hydraulic.Cylinders

Double cylinder model

CylinderDoubleFriction

Hydraulic.Cylinders

Same as CylinderDouble but with more friction types added, like Stribeck friction. This model also has external leakage.