FlangeConnectors

Description

A flange is described by the connector classFlange_aor Flange_b.As already noted in section Overview,the two connectorclasses are completely identical. There is only a difference in the icons,in order to easier identify a flange variable in a diagram.Both connector classes contain the following variables:

SI.Angle       phi  "Absolute rotation angle of flange";flow SI.Torque tau  "Cut torque in the flange";

If needed, the angular velocity w and theangular acceleration a of a flange connector can bedetermined by differentiation of the flange angle phi:

w = der(phi);    a = der(w);