Conference article

An Application of Sol on Variable-Structure Systems with Higher Index

Dirk Zimmer
Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Download articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp09430026

Published in: Proceedings of the 7th International Modelica Conference; Como; Italy; 20-22 September 2009

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 43:24, p. 225-232

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Published: 2009-12-29

ISBN: 978-91-7393-513-5

ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

Abstract

This case study presents the model of an ideal trebuchet. Following the object-oriented modeling paradigm of Modelica; the trebuchet is composed out of ideal elements that belong to a planar mechanical library. The corresponding system of DAEs has index 3. During simulation; the model undergoes also various structural changes that manipulate the number of continuous-time state variables. Furthermore; elastic and inelastic collisions need to be modeled by force impulses. The model is provided in Sol; a derivative language of Modelica; specially designed for research in variables structure systems.

Keywords

Variable-Structure Systems; Index Reduction; Multi-Body Dynamics.

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