Weld Joint
Joint with zero primitives
Library
Joints
Description
This block represents a joint with zero degrees of freedom. It contains no joint primitives. Base and follower frames, each connected to a separate rigid body, are coincident for all time. The block dialog box provides sensing options for constraint and total forces and torques.
Joint Degrees of Freedom
Parameters
Mode Configuration
Specify the mode of the joint. A joint can behave normally or disengaged from the beginning of the simulation, or you can provide an input signal to change its mode during the simulation.
If you set the Mode parameter to Provided by Input, a new port mode will be visible.
- Mode
Select a method to specify the mode of the joint. The default setting is
Normal.Method Description NormalThe joint behaves normally. DisengagedThe joint is disengaged from the beginning of the simulation. Provided by InputProvide an input signal that can be either 0or-1to keep the joint in normal state or in disengaged state, respectively.
Composite Force/Torque Sensing
Select the composite forces and torques to sense. Their measurements encompass all joint primitives and are specific to none. They come in two kinds: constraint and total.
Constraint measurements give the resistance against motion on the locked axes of the joint. In prismatic joints, for instance, which forbid translation on the xy plane, that resistance balances all perturbations in the x and y directions. Total measurements give the sum over all forces and torques due to actuation inputs, internal springs and dampers, joint position limits, and the kinematic constraints that limit the degrees of freedom of the joint.
- Direction
Vector to sense from the action-reaction pair between the base and follower frames. The pair arises from Newton's third law of motion which, for a joint block, requires that a force or torque on the follower frame accompany an equal and opposite force or torque on the base frame. Indicate whether to sense that exerted by the base frame on the follower frame or that exerted by the follower frame on the base frame.
- Resolution Frame
Frame on which to resolve the vector components of a measurement. Frames with different orientations give different vector components for the same measurement. Indicate whether to get those components from the axes of the base frame or from the axes of the follower frame. The choice matters only in joints with rotational degrees of freedom.
- Constraint Force
Dynamic variable to measure. Constraint forces counter translation on the locked axes of the joint while allowing it on the free axes of its primitives. Select to output the constraint force vector through port fc.
- Constraint Torque
Dynamic variable to measure. Constraint torques counter rotation on the locked axes of the joint while allowing it on the free axes of its primitives. Select to output the constraint torque vector through port tc.
- Total Force
Dynamic variable to measure. The total force is a sum across all joint primitives over all sources—actuation inputs, internal springs and dampers, joint position limits, and kinematic constraints. Select to output the total force vector through port ft.
- Total Torque
Dynamic variable to measure. The total torque is a sum across all joint primitives over all sources—actuation inputs, internal springs and dampers, joint position limits, and kinematic constraints. Select to output the total torque vector through port tt.
Ports
This block has two frame ports. It also has optional physical signal ports for sensing dynamical variables such as forces, torques, and motion. You expose an optional port by selecting the sensing check box corresponding to that port.
Frame Ports
B — Base frame
F — Follower frame
Sensing Ports
The following sensing ports provide the composite forces and torques acting on the joint:
fc — Constraint force
tc — Constraint torque
ft — Total force
tt — Total torque
Mode Port
Mode configuration provides the following port:
mode — Value of the mode of the joint. If the input is equal to
0, the joint behaves normally. If the input is equal to-1, the joint behaves as disengaged.