Nodal Force

 

The user can apply the user experimental solutions on the Sheet by using Nodal Force. For example, an attraction force between the belt and the sheet due to vacuum, an electrostatic attraction between papers and rollers, an air resistance force of papers can be installed on the media transport system. The user should know that returned forces of a nodal force would be:

 

     Calculated in the Inertia reference frame

     Applied on the center point of each nodal mass

 

Also, the forces will be reacted on the ground. The user can program a user-written subroutine with one of C/C++ or Fortran language.

 

Figure 1  Nodal icon of the Force group in the MTT2D tab