Cylinder

Cylinder with rod and crank of a combustion engine

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Information

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Cylinder with rod and crank of a combustion engine. Used as submodel in Loops.EngineV6.

Parameters (10)

animation

Value: true

Type: Boolean

Description: = true, if animation shall be enabled

cylinderTopPosition

Value: 0.42

Type: Length (m)

Description: Length from crank shaft to end of cylinder.

pistonLength

Value: 0.1

Type: Length (m)

Description: Length of cylinder

rodLength

Value: 0.2

Type: Length (m)

Description: Length of rod

crankLength

Value: 0.2

Type: Length (m)

Description: Length of crank shaft in x direction

crankPinOffset

Value: 0.1

Type: Length (m)

Description: Offset of crank pin from center axis

crankPinLength

Value: 0.1

Type: Length (m)

Description: Offset of crank pin from center axis

cylinderInclinationAngle

Value: 0

Type: Angle (rad)

Description: Inclination of cylinder

crankAngleOffset

Value: 0

Type: Angle (rad)

Description: Offset for crank angle

cylinderLength

Value: cylinderTopPosition - (pistonLength + rodLength - crankPinOffset)

Type: Length (m)

Description: Maximum length of cylinder volume

Connectors (4)

cylinder_a

Type: Frame_a

cylinder_b

Type: Frame_a

crank_a

Type: Frame_a

crank_b

Type: Frame_a

Components (16)

piston

Type: BodyCylinder

connectingRod

Type: BodyBox

b2

Type: Revolute

crank4

Type: BodyBox

crank3

Type: BodyCylinder

crank1

Type: BodyCylinder

crank2

Type: BodyBox

b1

Type: RevolutePlanarLoopConstraint

mid

Type: FixedTranslation

cylinder

Type: Prismatic

mounting

Type: FixedTranslation

cylinderInclination

Type: FixedRotation

crankAngle1

Type: FixedRotation

crankAngle2

Type: FixedRotation

cylinderTop

Type: FixedTranslation

gasForce

Type: GasForce2

Used in Examples (1)

EngineV6

Modelica.Mechanics.MultiBody.Examples.Loops

V6 engine with 6 cylinders, 6 planar loops and 1 degree-of-freedom