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Rotational Free End

Terminator for mechanical rotary port with zero torque.

blockType: AcausalFoundation.Mechanical.Rotational.Elements.FreeEnd

Path in the library:

/Physical Modeling/Fundamental/Mechanical/Rotational/Elements/Rotational Free End

Description

Block Rotational Free End represents a mechanical rotary port that rotates freely, without torque.

You can use this unit to disconnect the mechanical rotary ports on other units that you want to leave unplugged.

You can also use this block to set the initial rotation speed at the node.

Ports

W — zero torque
rotational mechanics

A mechanical rotary port that rotates freely, without torque.

Parameters

Initial value of rotational velocity, rad/s — initial value of angular velocity
0.0 (by default)

The initial value of the angular velocity.