Damping Definition in MotionView!

Ankush W
Ankush W Altair Community Member
edited December 2022 in Community Q&A

Hello All,

How do I define different damping coefficients in tension and compression [ meaning expansion & contraction] in motionview for a shock absorber ?

Please suggest!

Tagged:

Answers

  • AnanthK
    AnanthK
    Altair Employee
    edited December 2022

    Hi Ankush - Please see the attached example as a reference to create your own. The damper force-velocity characteristic is modeled as a Curve entity. Important: 

    1) Rebound (extension) is in 2nd quadrant and Jounce (compression) is in 1st quadrant. 

    2) Make sure to change the SpringDamper entity on both left and right sides since non-linear components cannot also be defined as symmetric! 

     

     

  • Ankush W
    Ankush W Altair Community Member
    edited December 2022
    Ananth Kamath Kota_20697 said:

    Hi Ankush - Please see the attached example as a reference to create your own. The damper force-velocity characteristic is modeled as a Curve entity. Important: 

    1) Rebound (extension) is in 2nd quadrant and Jounce (compression) is in 1st quadrant. 

    2) Make sure to change the SpringDamper entity on both left and right sides since non-linear components cannot also be defined as symmetric! 

     

     

    Thank you Ananth for your reply.

    I'll try applying the same in my model and check.

    Thank you again!

Categories