Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Elementary.Utilities

Utility models and functions used by MultiBody.Examples.Elementary

Information

Extends from Modelica.Icons.UtilitiesPackage (Icon for utility packages).

Package Content

Name	Description
theoreticalNormalGravityWGS84	WGS84 normal gravity over earth ellipsoid in negative y-direction
sineSurface	Function defining the characteristic of a moving sine in three dimensions

Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Elementary.Utilities.theoreticalNormalGravityWGS84

WGS84 normal gravity over earth ellipsoid in negative y-direction

Information

Function that computes the theoretical gravity of the WGS84 ellipsoid earth model at and close to the earth ellipsoid surface, for the given "geodeticLatitude" and the given "height=r[2]" over the ellipsoid surface.

Extends from Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Interfaces.partialGravityAcceleration.

Inputs

Name Description

r[3] Position vector from world frame to actual point, resolved in world frame [m]

phi Geodetic latitude [deg]

Name	Description
r[3]	Position vector from world frame to actual point, resolved in world frame [m]
phi	Geodetic latitude [deg]

Outputs

Name Description

gravity[3] Gravity acceleration at position r, resolved in world frame [m/s2]

Name	Description
gravity[3]	Gravity acceleration at position r, resolved in world frame [m/s2]

Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Elementary.Utilities.sineSurface

Function defining the characteristic of a moving sine in three dimensions

Information

Extends from Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Interfaces.partialSurfaceCharacteristic.

Inputs

Name Description

nu Number of points in u-Dimension

nv Number of points in v-Dimension

multiColoredSurface = true: Color is defined for each surface point

x_min Minimum value of x

x_max Maximum value of x

y_min Minimum value of y

y_max Maximum value of y

z_min Minimum value of z

z_max Maximum value of z

wz Factor for angular frequency

Name	Description
nu	Number of points in u-Dimension
nv	Number of points in v-Dimension
multiColoredSurface	= true: Color is defined for each surface point
x_min	Minimum value of x
x_max	Maximum value of x
y_min	Minimum value of y
y_max	Maximum value of y
z_min	Minimum value of z
z_max	Maximum value of z
wz	Factor for angular frequency

Outputs

Name Description

X[nu, nv] [nu,nv] positions of points in x-Direction resolved in surface frame [m]

Y[nu, nv] [nu,nv] positions of points in y-Direction resolved in surface frame [m]

Z[nu, nv] [nu,nv] positions of points in z-Direction resolved in surface frame [m]

C[if multiColoredSurface then nu else 0, if multiColoredSurface then nv else 0, 3] [nu,nv,3] Color array, defining the color for each surface point

Name	Description
X[nu, nv]	[nu,nv] positions of points in x-Direction resolved in surface frame [m]
Y[nu, nv]	[nu,nv] positions of points in y-Direction resolved in surface frame [m]
Z[nu, nv]	[nu,nv] positions of points in z-Direction resolved in surface frame [m]
C[if multiColoredSurface then nu else 0, if multiColoredSurface then nv else 0, 3]	[nu,nv,3] Color array, defining the color for each surface point

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