Ribbed V-Belt

The continuous belt system is modeled by belt segments and the matrix force element.

A matrix force is used to connect two segments of the belt system. You must create the one-reference belt segment from all belt segments. (All belt segments are copied.)

•     Once the belt segment is created, it is registered as clone body.

•     The inertial properties of the assembled belt segments are automatically duplicated to be the same as values of the clone body.

•     The belt properties should be defined carefully prior to assembling the belt system.

•     The matrix force connecting two belt segments is automatically created when the belt system is assembled.

Geometric Ribbed V-belt

The geometric information provided by user is used for both the display and contact force computation in the solver. The V-belt enables contact between the flat as the upper face and the V-shaped lower faces to the other entities of belt assembly. The contact normal forces are used to compute the friction among the belt and the pulleys.

(a) Geometric entity

(b) Dimension information

Figure 1  Ribbed V-belt