RecurDyn/Belt automates the generation of relevant outputs for a belt system, saving the user valuable time converting the general outputs into data needed to design or analyze his system. The following table summarizes the custom outputs for RecurDyn/Belt.
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Belt-body (2DBelt-body) |
Belt# |
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Pos_ |
Position and 3-1-3 euler angles of a Segment Belt's center marker in the inertia reference frame. |
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Vel_ |
Velocity of a Segment Belt's center marker. The translational velocity is measured in the inertia reference frame. The angular velocity is measured in its center marker. |
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Acc_ |
Acceleration of a Segment Belt's center marker. The translational acceleration is measured in the inertia reference frame. The angular acceleration is measured in its center marker. |
Belt-force (2DBelt-force) |
Belt |
Belt# |
_ContactForce |
Contact Forces between a Pulley or Roller and a Segment Belt. The x, y and z components of the translational force generalized at the center marker of the Segment Belt due to the contact force acting on the contact point of the Segment Belt in its center marker. |
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Tension |
Tension generated in a Segment Belt. |
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Roller |
Roller# |
_Contact |
Contact Forces between a Roller and a Segment Belt. The x, y and z components of the translational force generalized at the center marker of the Segment Belt due to the contact force acting on the contact point of the Segment Belt in its center marker. |
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ContactPoints |
The contact points data are written sorted by the bigger normal force. Each contact point data are 15 values includes contact position vector, normal direction vector, friction direction vector, penetration depth, penetration velocity, tangential relative velocity, friction coefficient, normal force, and friction force. The number of outputs is defined as the “No. of Max Contact Point” on the Contact page of the Roller properties dialog. |
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Pulley |
Pulley# |
_Contact |
Contact Forces between Segment Belts or Element Belt's nodes and a Pulley. The x, y and z components of the translational force generalized at the center marker of the Pulley due to the contact force acting on the contact point of the Pulley in its center marker. |
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ContactPoints |
The contact points data are written sorted by the bigger normal force. Each contact point data are 15 values includes contact position vector, normal direction vector, friction direction vector, penetration depth, penetration velocity, tangential relative velocity, friction coefficient, normal force, and friction force. The number of outputs is defined as the “No. of Max Contact Point” on the Contact page of the Pulley properties dialog. |
BeltNode |
BeltBeam#.Node# |
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Pos_ |
Position and 3-1-3 euler angles of an Element Belt's node in the inertia reference frame. |
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Vel_ |
Velocity of an Element Belt's node. The translational velocity is measured in the inertia reference frame. The angular velocity is measured in the reference frame of Element Belt's node. |
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Acc_ |
Acceleration of an Element Belt's node. The translational acceleration is measured in the inertia reference frame. The angular acceleration is measured in the reference frame of Element Belt's node. |
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_Contact |
Contact Forces between a Pulley or Roller and an Element Belt's node. The force is measured in the reference frame of Element Belt's node. |
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Impulse |
Impulse of contact forces. (= |F|*dt) |
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Rel_Vel |
Relative Velocity generated for contact force calculation between a Pulley or Roller and an Element Belt's node. |
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Creep |
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Mu |
Friction Coefficient generated for contact force calculation between a Pulley or Roller and an Element Belt's node. |
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Tension |
Tension generated in an Element Belt's node. |
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_Elastic |
Generalized Elastic Forces. This force is calculated from the element stiffness matrix and deformation of an Element Belt's node. The force is measured in the reference frame of Element Belt's node. |
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EX,EY,EZ,EXY,EYZ,EZX |
Strain tensor measured in the inertia reference frame. |
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E1,E2,E3 |
Principal Strain |
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EINT |
Intensity Strain |
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EMISES |
Von-Mises Strain |
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SX,SY,SZ,SXY,SYZ,SZX |
Stress Tensor measured in the inertia reference frame. |
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S1,S2,S3 |
Principal Stress |
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SINT |
Intensity Stress |
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SMISES |
Von-Mises Stress |
RollerBody
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Roller |
Roller# |
_Contact |
Contact Forces between Segment Belts or Element Belt's nodes and a Roller. The x, y and z components of the translational force generalized at the center marker of the Roller due to the contact force acting on the contact point of the Roller in its center marker. |
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ContactPoints |
The contact points data are written sorted by the bigger normal force. Each contact point data are 15 values includes contact position vector, normal direction vector, friction direction vector, penetration depth, penetration velocity, tangential relative velocity, friction coefficient, normal force, and friction force. The number of outputs is defined as the “No. of Max Contact Point” on the Contact page of the Roller properties dialog. |
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Pulley |
Pulley# |
_Contact |
Contact Forces between Segment Belts or Element Belt's nodes and a Pulley. The x, y and z components of the translational force generalized at the center marker of the Pulley due to the contact force acting on the contact point of the Pulley in its center marker. |
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ContactPoints |
The contact points data are written sorted by the bigger normal force. Each contact point data are 15 values includes contact position vector, normal direction vector, friction direction vector, penetration depth, penetration velocity, tangential relative velocity, friction coefficient, normal force, and friction force. The number of outputs is defined as the “No. of Max Contact Point” on the Contact page of the Pulley properties dialog. |