WOLFRAM SYSTEM MODELER

SignConvention

Examples for the used sign conventions

Diagram

Wolfram Language

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Information

This information is part of the Modelica Standard Library maintained by the Modelica Association.

If all arrows point in the same direction, a positive force results in a positive acceleration a, velocity v and position s.

For a force of 1 N and a mass of 1 kg this leads to

a = 1 m/s2
v = 1 m/s after 1 s (SlidingMass1.v)
s = 0.5 m after 1 s (SlidingMass1.s)

The acceleration is not available for plotting.

System 1) and 2) are equivalent. It doesn't matter whether the force pushes at flange_a in system 1 or pulls at flange_b in system 2.

It is of course possible to ignore the arrows and connect the models in an arbitrary way. But then it is hard see in what direction the force acts.

In the third system the two arrows are opposed which means that the force acts in the opposite direction (in the same direction as in the two other examples).

Components (10)

mass1

Type: Mass

Description: Sliding mass with inertia

force1

Type: Force

Description: External force acting on a drive train element as input signal

constant1

Type: Constant

Description: Generate constant signal of type Real

mass2

Type: Mass

Description: Sliding mass with inertia

force2

Type: Force

Description: External force acting on a drive train element as input signal

constant2

Type: Constant

Description: Generate constant signal of type Real

mass3

Type: Mass

Description: Sliding mass with inertia

force3

Type: Force

Description: External force acting on a drive train element as input signal

constant3

Type: Constant

Description: Generate constant signal of type Real

fixed

Type: Fixed

Description: Fixed flange