PlanarMechanics

A free Modelica library for planar mechanical multi-body systems

Status

Library description

The PlanarMechanics library is an open-source Modelica library for the modelling of planar mechanical multi-body systems. Its main components are:

• parts such as mass, rigid rods, fixation
• joints such as prismatic joints or revolute joints
• force elements such as spring and dampers
• sensors and sources
• components for vehicles: wheel models
• components for gearboxes
• many examples

Current release

PlanarMechanics Library 1.6.0 (2023-09-12)

License

The library is released under the 3-Clause BSD license, see LICENSE.

Reference results

Reference results for regression testing can be found in PlanarMechanics_ReferenceResults.

Tool compatibility

The current release was developed/tested using following tools.

• Dymola: The library has been developed using Dymola.
• Open Modelica: The library is fully compatible to Open Modelica.
• Modelon Impact: The library is reported to be fully compatible to Modelon Impact.

Your tool not listed here? Please prepare a corresponding pull request of this README.md containing your tool's name and version number.

Development and contribution

The library was developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Contributors:

• Dr. Dirk Zimmer
• Franciscus van der Linden
• Zheng Qu
• Dr. Jakub Tobolar

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Contributions in shape of Pull Requests are always welcome.