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.Position   s "Absolute position of flange";flow SI.Force f "Cut force directed into flange";

If needed, the velocity v and theacceleration a of a flange connector can bedetermined by differentiation of the flange position s:

v = der(s);    a = der(v);