attack angle variation
attack angle variation
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Dear Friends,
I have been trying to plot the attack angle variation of a wiper blade over a curved windshield surface with different wiper pivot shaft orientations via Catia V5.
What i try to do is basicly written below;
i rotate the plane which represents the wiper blade starting from the park position, rotation axis is the pivot shaft of wiper linkage over the curved windshield. I intersect the mid point of the plane with windshield and take the normal of the windshield surface from that point then i measure the angle between the surface normal and the plane that represents the wiper blade, and record the value.
I have to do it on diffeent wipe angle positions such as 10°, 20°, 30°,40°...80° until the uppermost point of wiper blade. If i get a good plot then i stop but if i can not satisfy required plot then i do all the things again with a different rotation axis (different pivot shaft orientation.)
I wonder if is it possible to automate above procedure in order to save time on Adams view.
Thank you.
I have been trying to plot the attack angle variation of a wiper blade over a curved windshield surface with different wiper pivot shaft orientations via Catia V5.
What i try to do is basicly written below;
i rotate the plane which represents the wiper blade starting from the park position, rotation axis is the pivot shaft of wiper linkage over the curved windshield. I intersect the mid point of the plane with windshield and take the normal of the windshield surface from that point then i measure the angle between the surface normal and the plane that represents the wiper blade, and record the value.
I have to do it on diffeent wipe angle positions such as 10°, 20°, 30°,40°...80° until the uppermost point of wiper blade. If i get a good plot then i stop but if i can not satisfy required plot then i do all the things again with a different rotation axis (different pivot shaft orientation.)
I wonder if is it possible to automate above procedure in order to save time on Adams view.
Thank you.





RE: attack angle variation
To put your mind at rest simulating the mechanism in ADAMS is easy. The tricky bit is reporting angles in a way that make sense.
Sorry, that is a lousy answer. You could try the ADAMS user forum, see the FAQ.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: attack angle variation
Yes that is what i need, a curve of markers on the windshield while wiper blade is rotating with respect to wiper pivot shaft axis on curved windscreen surface. These markers must be the contact points between the curved windshield and the "middle point of the wiper blade" from park position to the end of stroke.
However, i have to measure the angles between the "windshield surface normals on each marker" and "blade normal" then plot with respect to wipe angle. I have to repeat this procedure for different pivot shaft axes until i get an acceptable attack angle variation from park to end of stroke. I am not sure if there is an operator which tells me the surface normals of a curved surface for different points on it.
Regards.
RE: attack angle variation
That could be rather tricky, depending on how you model the wiper blade and the windscreen, and the contact between them. Either way it is outside of my experience, I'd contact MSC support, and have a good look at the ADAMS forums and knowledge base.
Orienting the markers that define the screen so that Y is normal to the screen at that point is easy enough, just use XP and ZP to point at neighbouring markers.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: attack angle variation
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