Modify 2D Spur Gear Force

Gear Force Name

Enter a name for the gear force.

Learn about Contact Force.

You can include dynamic and static friction in the gear force. You define the friction by specifying static and dynamic coefficient, and slip and transition velocity. Learn about Calculation of Friction Force.

Stiffness

Enter the stiffness. The stiffness is in force units/length units.

Force Exponent

Specify the force exponent of the contact force formulation. The force exponent is typically larger than 1.

Scale Factor

Specify the scale factor of the contact force formulation. The scale factor is in length units.

Damping

Specify the damping coefficient of the contact force formulation. The damping is in force units * time units/length units.

Penetration Depth

Specify the penetration depth of the contact force formulation. The penetration depth is in length units.

Friction Enabled

Select one of the following:

Static Coefficient

Enter the static friction coefficient of the contact, which is the maximum value of the friction.

Slip Velocity

Enter the velocity limit, when the friction is at its maximum.

Dynamic Coefficient

Enter the dynamic friction coefficient of the contact.

Transition Velocity

Enter the velocity limit, when friction transitions into dynamic friction only.

Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Your template-based product displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments:

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Select to display the Update Instance(s) dialog box, to update more instances of the current type.

Select to display the Data Editor/Viewer and plot the force characteristics based on the specified stiffness, scale factor, and force exponent.