*ActionReactionForcePair() - single component rotation

Creates a single component action-reaction rotational force (torque) pair acting about the given axis.

Syntax

*ActionReactionForcePair(force_name, "force_label", SC_ROT, body_1, body_2, point_1, {POINT VECTOR}, {point_2 vector_2)

Arguments

force_name: The variable name of the action-reaction force pair.; Data type: varname
force_label: The descriptive label of the action-reaction force pair.; Data type: label
SC_ROT: This argument indicates the action-reaction rotational force pair acts about the line joining point_1 and point_2 or about vector_2 .
body_1: The body or body pair to which the active force pair is applied.; Data type: Body or BodyPair
body_2: The body or body pair to which the reactive force pair is applied.; Data type: Body or BodyPair
point_1: The point or point pair used for defining the rotational axis.; Data type: Point or PointPair
POINT | VECTOR: A keyword that indicates the alignment method.
point_2 | vector_2: An entity variable referring to a Point, PointPair, Vector, or VectorPair which is based on the above keyword.; Data type: Point, PointPair, Vector, or VectorPair

Example

*PointPair(p_jnc_frame, "Jounce bumper pt on frame")
*PointPair(p_jnc_axle, "Jounce bumper pt on axle")
*Body(b_axle, "Axle", p_axle_cg)
*Body(b_frame, "Frame", p_frame_cg)
*ActionReactionForcePair(frc_bmp, "Jounce bumper force", SC_ROT, b_axle, b_frame, p_jnc_axle, POINT, p_jnc_frame)

Context

*BeginMdl()

*DefineAnalysis()

*DefineSystem()

Properties

Property	Returns Data Type	Description
b1	BodyPair	Body pair to which the force pair is applied.
b2	BodyPair	Body pair to which the reactive force pair is applied.
i	MarkerPair	The marker attached to b1.
j	MarkerPair	The marker attached to b2.
l	ActionReactionForce	Left force.
label	string	The descriptive label of the action-reaction force pair.
r	ActionReactionForce	Right force.
state	boolean	Control state (TRUE or FALSE).
varname	string	The variable name of the action-reaction force pair.

Comments

*ActionReactionForcePair() of type SC_ROT is used to apply action-reaction force pairs on two bodies or body pairs about the line joining two points or about a given vector.

The individual forces of an *ActionReactionForcePair() can be referred to as force_name.l (left force) and force_name.r (right force).