cosmosworks Can I define displacement to get force?
cosmosworks Can I define displacement to get force?
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I have Cosmosworks, have not been trained yet, but I was playing with it using a simple flat stock spring. I modeled a piece of .030 thick blue temper x 1/8 wide and 3/4 long with a slight raised round pad on both ends for cosmos. I restrained one end on the pad I want to tell cosmosworks to deflect the opposite pad by .050 and have it tell me what force it will generate. Then I will simply increase the material thickness until I get the force I'm looking for. Is this possible?
thanks,
Tom
thanks,
Tom
Tom Malinski
http://www.okayind.com/
Dell Prec 670, Xeon 3.8,2GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 3450/4000 SDI
SWorks Premium 2008 SP 3.1 & PDMWorks






RE: cosmosworks Can I define displacement to get force?
One possible solution is to have two bodies in an assembly, one a dummy contacting body that moves the spring end. Then you can get the contact forces.
If I picture this correctly, force is 1:1 proportional to width and 8:1 proportional to thickness.
There is also optimization, but I have not played with that yet.
RE: cosmosworks Can I define displacement to get force?
-handleman, CSWP (The new, easy test)
RE: cosmosworks Can I define displacement to get force?
TheTick, I will experiment with your suggestion, and maybe the help or tutorial will give me some hints
Thanks,
Tom
Tom Malinski
http://www.okayind.com/
Dell Prec 670, Xeon 3.8,2GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 3450/4000 SDI
SWorks Premium 2008 SP 3.1 & PDMWorks
RE: cosmosworks Can I define displacement to get force?
RE: cosmosworks Can I define displacement to get force?
Thanks
Tom Malinski
http://www.okayind.com/
Dell Prec 670, Xeon 3.8,2GB Ram, Nvidia Quadra FX 3450/4000 SDI
SWorks Premium 2008 SP 3.1 & PDMWorks
RE: cosmosworks Can I define displacement to get force?