Hey all,
I'm trying to introduce some initial conditions to a model (rotational velocity about 1 axis) but everytime I run it they don't seem to have been introduced at all.
I have a model with two bodies (6DoF) which initially start out joined via a bushing. Using a template I simulate some initial time, deactivate the busing, then simulate some more to see the behavior of the two bodies after the release of the busing. This main template writes to the solver command file. There is another template which sets up some proximity sensors which writes to the solver input deck.
So far I have tried: introducing a angular velocity IC on one body, on multiple bodies, shifting the initial condition reference frame to be at the center of mass of the connected system and trying again with one then multiple bodies. I have also tried setting the IC's directly in the model.
I'm checking they have worked by plotting the WM of one of the bodies relative to the ground body. In all the above cases WM returns 0 at T=0, and for the next few steps regardless of the value of any of the ICs.
I'm not sure if there's something obvious i could be missing here, or perhaps if the templates are somehow overriding the the ICs.
Any advice/guidance or tips would be really helpful and really appreciate.
thanks,
Andreas