Also, I get an error message when running the analysis that there is "zero pivot when processing D.O.F of 1 nodes". This node is the reference point that i put on the rigid body. Does anyone know how this can be fixed?
Can I ask a question regarding rigid bodies as i am also having some problems with this. Can somebody please explain the difference between a rigid body with a reference point and the rigid body constraint in the interaction module. Is the rigid body supposed to have a rigid body constraint or...
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Just a question regarding the same issue. Is there any way of using the same label twice i.e. the same label shows up for two different views in their respective sheets without having to do it manually?
Ok. Let me see if i understood this right. If i were to find the primary couples in this configuration. I would take the instantaneous primary force vector magnitude at each cylinder times its perpendicular distance to the crankshaft centerline. Hence getting individual moments in the clockwise...
Thanks for replying. I should have added all that information in my first post. The V angle of the engine is 90 degrees, and the cranksthrows have a 150 degrees angle between them. The pistons in each pair are sharing the same crankpin. It should be rather straight forward to calculate the...
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I am currently working on a V4 engine. I have already calculated the primary and shaking forces but am struggling to understand how shaking moments arise in the engine. It has got something to do with the non eccentricity of the cylinders but how can one calculate the magnitude and...
