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CSI Analysis Reference Manual

This document provides an overview of modeling joints and degrees of freedom in computer simulations. It discusses topics like local coordinate systems, reference vectors, joint coordinate angles, available and constrained degrees of freedom, restraint and spring supports, loads, displacements, and various types of output for joints, forces, and displacements. The purpose is to help users understand how to properly model and analyze mechanical assemblies in computer simulation software.

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CSI Analysis Reference Manual

This document provides an overview of modeling joints and degrees of freedom in computer simulations. It discusses topics like local coordinate systems, reference vectors, joint coordinate angles, available and constrained degrees of freedom, restraint and spring supports, loads, displacements, and various types of output for joints, forces, and displacements. The purpose is to help users understand how to properly model and analyze mechanical assemblies in computer simulation software.

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CSI Analysis Reference Manual

Local Coordinate Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14


Alternate Coordinate Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Chapter IV Joints and Degrees of Freedom 21


Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Modeling Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Local Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Advanced Local Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Reference Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Defining the Axis Reference Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Defining the Plane Reference Vector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Determining the Local Axes from the Reference Vectors . . . . . 27
Joint Coordinate Angles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Degrees of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Available and Unavailable Degrees of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . 31
Restrained Degrees of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Constrained Degrees of Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mixing Restraints and Constraints Not Recommended . . . . . . 32
Active Degrees of Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Null Degrees of Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Restraint Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Spring Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Nonlinear Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Distributed Supports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Joint Reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Base Reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Masses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Force Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Ground Displacement Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Restraint Displacements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Spring Displacements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Link/Support Displacements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Generalized Displacements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Degree of Freedom Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Assembled Joint Mass Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Displacement Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Force Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Element Joint Force Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

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