Appendix A. The Property File Format
Appendix B. Road Property File Format
Appendix C. Keyboard Shortcuts
Appendix D. Supported FE Elements
Appendix A. Tire Property File Format
MODEL |
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analytical |
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R1 |
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r1, r2 |
R1 = r1 × r2 |
R2 |
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r1, r2 |
R2 = r1 × r2 |
CNORMAL |
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r1, r2 |
CNORMAL = r1 × r2 |
CSLIP |
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r1, r2 |
CSLIP = r1 × r2 |
CALPHA |
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r1, r2 |
CALPHA = r1 × r2 |
CGAMMA |
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r1, r2 |
CGAMMA = r1 × r2 |
CRR |
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r1, r2 |
CRR = r1 × r2 |
RDR |
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r |
!no dimension |
U0 |
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r |
!no dimension |
U1 |
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r |
!no dimension |
R1
r1 : Conversion factor
r2 : The unloaded tire radius.
R2
r1 : Conversion factor
r2 : The carcass radius of a toroidal tire
CNORMAL
r1 : Conversion factor
r2 : The radial tire stiffness.
CSLIP
r1 : Conversion factor
r2 : The longitudinal tire stiffness
CALPHA
r1 : Conversion factor
r2 : The lateral tire stiffness
CGAMMA
r1 : Conversion factor
r2 : The lateral tire stiffness due to camber angle.
CRR
r1 : Conversion factor
r2 : The rolling resistance moment coefficient.
RDR
r : Tire radial damping ratio
U0
r : Coefficient of friction at zero slip between tire and road.
U1
r : Coefficient of friction for the full slip case between tire and road.
EXAMPLE
MODEL
analytical (The default Tire Property File is set using a MMKS unit)
R1
1.0 300.
R2
1.0 60.
CNORMAL
1.0 176.4
CSLIP
1.0 30000.
CALPHA
1.0 73600.
CGAMMA
1.0 8094.
CRR
1.0 5.
RDR
0.75
U0
1.
U1
0.8
R1
0.001 300.
R2
0.001 60.
CNORMAL
1000 176.4
CSLIP
1000 30000.
CALPHA
1.0 73600.
CGAMMA
1.0 8094.
CRR
0.001 5.
RDR
0.75
U0
1.
U1
0.8
Appendix B. Road Property File Format
METHOD
GENDATA
!
X_SCALE
r
Y_SCALE
r
Z_SCALE
r
ORIGIN
x, y, z
UP
x, y, z
ORIENTATION
x1, y1, z1
x2, y2, z2
x3, y3, z3
NODES
Number of nodes(N)
Node_1, x_1, y_1, z_1
Node_2, x_2, y_2, z_2
Node_n, x_n, y_n, z_n
ELEMENTS
Number of elements (Ne)
NodeA_1, NodeB_1, NodeC_1, U0_1, U1_1
NodeA_2, NodeB_2, NodeC_2, U0_2, U1_2
NodeA_n, NodeB_n, NodeC_n, U0_n, U1_n
METHOD
gendata : Information about the road in the general road profile format
X_SCALE
r : Conversion factor
Y_SCALE
r : Conversion factor
Z_SCALE
r : Conversion factor
ORIGIN
x, y, z : Coordinates of the road origin with respect to the global origin
UP
x, y, z : A vector that indicates the upward side of the road in the global reference frame
ORIENTATION
x1, y1, z1
x2, y2, z2
x3, y3, z3
Transformation matrix which orients the road coordinate system with respect to the global origin.
NODES
Number of nodes(N) : Integer number of nodes
Node_1, x_1, y_1, z_1 : Location of Node 1
Node_2, x_2, y_2, z_2 : Location of Node 2
Node_n, x_n, y_n, z_n : Location of Node n
ELEMENTS
Number of elements (Ne) : Integer number of elements
NodeA_1, NodeB_1, NodeC_1, U0_1, U1_1
NodeA_2, NodeB_2, NodeC_2, U0_2, U1_2
NodeA_n, NodeB_n, NodeC_n, U0_n, U1_n : Integer numbers corresponding to the first of 3 nodes, the second of 3 nodes, and the third of 3 nodes required to define the triangular element n.
EXAMPLE
! ------------------
! | ROAD DATA FILE |
! ------------------
!
! Default road file - flat
!
METHOD
GENDATA
!
! Conversion factors
!
X_SCALE
1.0
Y_SCALE
1.0
Z_SCALE
1.0
!
!Road origin is located at the following global coordinates in the
!data set.
!
ORIGIN
0 0 0
!
UP
0.0,0.0,1.0
!Road coordinate system is oriented with respect to the global origin
!by the following transformation matrix.
!
ORIENTATION
1 0 0
0 1 0
0 0 1
!
!Coordinates for the node points on road
!
NODES
4
1 2500000 850000 -321.0
2 2500000 -10000000 -321.0
3 -2500000 -10000000 -321.0
4 -2500000 850000 -321.0
!
!
!Connectivity of node points defining the triangular element
!
ELEMENTS
2
1 4 3 1.0 1.0
1 3 2 1.0 1.0
Appendix C. Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut Keys
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XY Plane |
Shift + X |
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YZ Plane |
Shift + Y |
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ZX Plane |
Shift + Z |
Appendix D. Supported FE elements
RecurDyn / Flex
Ansys element Library
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LINK1, LINK8, LINK10, LINK11, BEAM3, BEAM4, BEAM23, BEAM24, BEAM44,BEAM54, BEAM188 PIPE16, PIPE17,PIPE18,PIPE20,PIPE59,PIPE60 PLANE2,PLANE13,PLANE25,PLANE42,PLANE82,PLANE83, SHELL28,SHELL41,SHELL43,SHELL53,HYPER56,SHELL63,SHELL91,SHELL93,SHELL99, SOLID5,SOLID45,SOLID46,SOLID62,SOLID64,SOLID65,SOLID72, SOLID73,SOLID92,SOLID95,SOLID98,SOLID186,SOLID187,TETRAHEDRAL, COMBIN14,COMBIN37,COMBIN39,COMBIN40, MASS21,SURF19,SURF22,HYPER74, VISCO88,VISCO89,VISCO106,VISCO107,VISCO108, HYPER58,HYPER86 |
MSC/NASTRAN element Library
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COMN2,CELAS1,CELAS2,CROD,CBAR,CBEAM,CBEND,CBUSH,CBUSH1D, CDAMP11,CDAMP2,CONROD,CTUBE,CVISC, CQUAD,CQUAD4,CQUAD8,CQUADR,CQUADX, CTRIA3,CTRIA6,CTRIAR,CTRIAC,CTRIAX6, CHEXA,CPENTA,CSHEAR,CTETRA, CRAC2D,CRAC3D, RBAR,RROD,RBE2,RBE3 |
I-DEAS element Library
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COMN2,CELAS1,CELAS2,CROD,CBAR,CBEAM,CBEND,CBUSH,CBUSH1D, Rod Element Linear Beam Element, Tapered Beam Element, Curved Beam Element Spring Element, Plane Stress -Linear Traiangle, Plane Stress - Parabolic Traiangle, Place Straess - Linear Plane Stress - Parabolic, Plane Strain - Linear Traiangle, Plane Strain - Parabolic, Plane Strain - Linear, Thin Shell - Linear Traiangle, Thin Shell - Parabolic Triangle Thin Shell - Linear Quadribateral, Thin Shell - Parabolic, Solid - Linear Tetrahedron, Solid - Linear Wedge, Solid - Parabolic Wedge, Solid - Parabolid Tetrahedron, Rigid bar Element, Rigid Element, Lumped mass Element, Constraint Element |
RecurDyn / NodalFlex
