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80 Mutibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics<br />

01<br />

GROUND<br />

Ground part<br />

02<br />

Part identification<br />

number<br />

Z G<br />

X G<br />

GRF<br />

Y G<br />

Ground reference frame<br />

02<br />

Point identification<br />

number<br />

SPH<br />

Spherical joint<br />

M<br />

Motion input<br />

REV<br />

Revolute joint<br />

F<br />

Applied force<br />

CYL<br />

Cylindrical joint<br />

Spring<br />

TRA<br />

Translational joint<br />

Damper<br />

UNI<br />

Universal joint<br />

PLA<br />

Planar joint<br />

Fig. 3.3<br />

Suggested symbols for elements of system schematic<br />

the entire model. As such the absolute co-ordinates and orientations of all<br />

other reference frames and points in the model are measured relative to the<br />

ground reference frame. Throughout this text the ground part is taken to be<br />

the first part in the model and the ground reference frame to be the first<br />

frame O 1 . Practitioners may also describe this frame as a ‘global’ system.<br />

The exact terminology may vary with different multibody system programs<br />

but the notion is identical between them.<br />

(ii) The Local Part Reference Frame (LPRF). Each body or part in the<br />

system can be considered to have a local part reference frame that moves<br />

and changes orientation with the part. This is referred to in MSC.ADAMS<br />

as a body co-ordinate system (BCS). The position and orientation of the<br />

local part reference frame is defined relative to the ground reference frame.<br />

The use of a local axis system on the part may be desirable to facilitate the<br />

definition of points on the body by perhaps exploiting the symmetry of the<br />

body where the axes of symmetry, at the model definition stage, are not<br />

parallel to the axes of the ground reference frame. The use of a local part<br />

reference frame is optional and if omitted the local part reference frame can<br />

be considered to be coincident with and parallel to the ground reference<br />

frame at the model definition stage.<br />

(iii) Markers. Markers, in MSC.ADAMS terminology, are the points<br />

located throughout the model to define, for example, mass centres, the positions<br />

of joints, the ends of springs and the graphical representation of the<br />

bodies used for subsequent animations. Markers may belong to the ground<br />

part or any moving part in the system, in which case the marker will move and<br />

rotate with the part. In some cases a marker is only required to define the

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