Mass-Spring-Damper system

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realjsk
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Mass-Spring-Damper system

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I have been trying to use CoppeliaSim to build a classical Mass-Spring-Damper system. For that, I have two rectangular slabs (cuboids), one on top of the other (the lower being static while the upper is dynamic). Between the two, I am supposed to insert a spring and a damper, but I do not know how to do that in CoppeliaSim. I think it may be possible to do it using a prismatic joint in Dependent mode, but I am not sure how to get that working. None of my Google searches were successful.

fferri
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Re: Mass-Spring-Damper system

Post by fferri »

You should be able to set a joint mass/spring mode via the joint dynamics properties, where you can directly specify the spring constant K and the damping coefficient C.

realjsk
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Re: Mass-Spring-Damper system

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I don't think that solution has the effect I want. I tried it with different spring constants, but the mass didn't exhibit any oscillations.

Mohamed Magdy
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Re: Mass-Spring-Damper system

Post by Mohamed Magdy »

take a look at examples ...you will find spring -damper model

realjsk
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Re: Mass-Spring-Damper system

Post by realjsk »

Thank you.

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