PlungerCylinder

    PlungerCylinder

Library

HydraulicsByFluidon/Components/Cylinders

Description

Model of a plunger cylinder with Stribeck friction and volumetric losses.

The fundamental geometrical properties of the plunger cylinder are the cylinder and plunger diameters (Inner diameter of cylinder, Plunger diameter) as well as the lengths of the cylinder and the plunger (Cylinder length and Plunger length). By using the parameter Inclination angle, the inclination of the cylinder with respect to the horizon can be adjusted. The resulting forces due to gravity are taken into account automatically.

For dynamic calculations, the masses of the plunger and the cylinder are required. These can be provided by specifying the parameters Plunger mass and Cylinder mass. The dynamic mass of the fluid, which acts as an additional inertia, is automatically taken into account by the model.

The parameters Breakaway friction force, Constant friction/Coulomb force, Velocity dependent friction and Velocity parameter for Stribeck friction (velocity where the friction force begins to grow linearly) characterize the velocity dependence of the friction force between piston and cylinder. Instead of using the Stribeck friction model, a simplified friction calculation can be enabled by setting the check mark relFric. In this case, the friction force equals the net force acting on the interface between piston and cylinder multiplied by the parameter Relative friction factor. Regardless of which friction model is used, the friction force is not influenced by the inclination of the cylinder or the system pressure. The parameter Relative velocity near to zero is used by the internal state machine of the cylinder model and determines the velocity below which the piston is considered stuck.

The pressure in the chamber can be initialized by assigning start values to Pressure in chamber A. The parameter Dead volume determines the size of the parasitic volume which remains even if the plunger has reached the mechanical stops at the cylinder ends.

The volumetric losses due to external leakage are parameterized by providing the flow rate (External leakage: volume flow), associated pressure drop (External leakage: pressure difference) and the fluid density Reference density for volume flow and pressure difference for which these values were obtained.

Parameters

PlungerCylinder_0

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_cylinderDiameter

cylinderDiameter

Inner diameter of cylinder

Scalar

mo_plungerDiameter

plungerDiameter

Plunger diameter

Scalar

mo_cylinderLength

cylinderLength

Cylinder length

Scalar

mo_plungerLength

plungerLength

Plunger length

Scalar

mo_angle

angle

Inclination angle

Scalar

mo_deadVolume

deadVolume

Dead volume

Scalar

mo_massPlunger

massPlunger

Plunger mass

Scalar

mo_massCylinder

massCylinder

Cylinder mass

Scalar

PlungerCylinder_1

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_fProp

fProp

Velocity dependent friction

Scalar

mo_fCoulomb

fCoulomb

Constant friction/Coulomb force

Scalar

mo_fBreakaway

fBreakaway

Breakaway friction force

Scalar

mo_vM

vM

Velocity parameter for Stribeck friction

Scalar

mo_relFric

relFric

Use "relative friction factor" to calculate friction

Scalar

true
false

mo_relFricFactor

relFricFactor

Relative friction factor

Scalar

mo_vSmall

vSmall

Relative velocity near to zero

Scalar

mo_leakageFlowRateExternal

leakageFlowRateExternal

External leakage: volume flow

Scalar

mo_leakagePressureDiffExternal

leakagePressureDiffExternal

External leakage: pressure difference

Scalar

mo_leakageReferenceDensity

leakageReferenceDensity

Reference density for volume flow and pressure difference

Scalar

PlungerCylinder_2

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_stroke

stroke

stroke

Structure

mo_stroke/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_stroke/start

start

Cell of scalars

mo_relVelocity

relVelocity

relVelocity

Structure

mo_relVelocity/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_relVelocity/start

start

Cell of scalars

mo_pA

pA

pA

Structure

mo_pA/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_pA/start

start

Cell of scalars

mo_strokeOut

strokeOut

strokeOut

Structure

mo_strokeOut/fixed

fixed

Cell of scalars

true
false

mo_strokeOut/start

start

Cell of scalars

Ports

NameTypeDescriptionIO TypeNumber

flange_c

implicit

input

1

flange_p

implicit

output

1

fluidPortA

implicit

Hydraulic port A

input

2

strokeOut

implicit

Relative position of piston

output

2