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Piston/Crank/Driveshaft Assembly
1.0 General Instructions
Start Adams
Log into any of the Windows 2000 workstations in the Wean cluster.
*NOTE* This should be typed as one word, for example: Valve1 or Valve21, depending on your
group number.
2.0 Set Up the Drawing Environment
SETTINGS->Working Grid
VIEW->Coordinate Window
3.0 Enlarging the Main Window
Left Click top left corner of grid and Hold then Drag to bottom right corner of grid and Release
(This will enlarge the working area to fill the main window.)
4.0 Define Material Properties
BUILD->MATERIALS->Modify
MODIFY MATERIAL->OK
4.2 Change Properties of Aluminum
BUILD->MATERIALS->Modify
MODIFY MATERIAL->OK
5.0 Create Crank CD
MAIN WINDOW
Click on the coordinate (120,0,0)
Click on the coordinate (60,0,0)
LINK->Length = (15.0cm)
LINK->Width = (2.0cm)
LINK->Depth = (1.5cm)
(make sure boxes are still checked)
MAIN WINDOW
Click on PART_2.MARKER_2
Click on the coordinate (-90,0,0)
MAIN WINDOW
Click on PART_3.MARKER_4
Click on the coordinate (-200,0,0)
PART: PART4->Modify
MODIFY BODY->Apply
(This should change the properties to those of aluminum like in figure below)
MODIFY BODY->OK
8.0 Add Revolute Joints
MAIN WINDOW
Click on PART_2 (Crank CD)
Click on ground (anywhere in the open grid)
Click on PART_2.MARKER_1 (the upper right point of the Crank CD)
8.2 Add Joint 2 – (Crank CD to Crank BC)
MAIN WINDOW
Click on PART_2 (Crank CD)
Click on PART_3 (Crank BC)
Click on PART_3.MARKER_3 (the intersection of Cranks CD and BC)
MAIN WINDOW
Click on PART_3 (Crank BC)
Click on PART_4 (the Cylinder)
Click on PART_3.MARKER_4 (the intersection of Crank BC and the cylinder)
9.0 Add Translational Joint
MAIN WINDOW
Click on PART_4 (the Cylinder)
Click on ground (anywhere in the open grid)
Click on PART_4.cm (near the center of the Cylinder i.e. (center of mass)
Click on the coordinate (0,0,0) (the arrow will point in the positive X-direction)
10.0 Impose Motion on Joint 1
MAIN WINDOW
Click on JOINT_1 (the upper right portion of Crank CD)
**The simulation controls are featured below. To run a simulation, click , to stop, click
Play simulation and 1) make sure piston moves linearly and 2) the crank rotates clockwise.
FILE->Save Database
INFORMATION->OK (The model has been saved to the directory you chose)
Start->Programs->Communications->KerbFTP
Double left click the root directory on the left side of the bottom portion of your screen
Left click OK and a dialog box should appear (257 MKD Command Successful)
Left click OK
In the right portion of the bottom of your screen, the directory you just created should appear as a
folder.
Find the BIN file you just created on the local drive in the top portion of your screen.
(C:\Documents and Settings\userid\Valve{groupnumber}.bin)
Left click and drag this file to the ADAMS directory on the bottom screen.
Verify that the file is properly placed in the correct directory on you AFS space.
Close KerbFTP
11.3 Print First Copy
FILE->Print (if in the Wean cluster, make sure to print at either Wean-8150 or Wean-8100)
(both printers are located in the hallway outside the cluster)
(it would be advised to make sure the printers are working)
VIEW->PRE-SET->Iso
If you have had enough, this is the end of the first portion and you may close ADAMS/View.
There is no need to save again. At another time you may begin at step 12.0.
If you want to continue without closing ADAMS and finish up with the tutorial, disregard step
12.0 and begin at 12.1
12.0 Getting things started again
You should have a file saved on your AFS space in a folder called ADAMS and it should be
called Valve{groupnumber}.bin. Here’s how to get it.
Start->Programs->Communications->KerbFTP
Double left click the root directory on the left side of the bottom portion of your screen
Double left click the folder labeled “ADAMS” (your BIN file should be here)
On the local drive (the top portion of the page) go to C:\Documents and Settings\userid
Left click and drag your BIN file to this location on the C: drive
Start Adams
VIEW->PRE-SET->Front
13.0 Simulate
**The simulation controls are featured below. To run a simulation, click , to stop, click
, and to reset a simulation, click . Be sure to RESET the simulation between runs**
Run the simulation with an End Time of 0.2 and 100 Steps (this is for idle speed. You will
repeat this again with a different End Time which is specified later). Let the simulation stop on
its own.
Make sure to reset the simulation after it is finished. If for some reason you need to replay the
simulation, make sure to reset it.
13.2 Set Measurement Parameters for Cylinder
Reset Simulation
POINT MEASURE->OK (A plot window should appear representing velocity of the cylinder)
Right Click the plot window (In any of the white area)
PLOT: SCHT1->Transfer to Full Plot
DATA->RESULT SET->JOINT_3
DATA->COMPONENT->Fx
DATA->Add Curves (This adds a curve for the force at the Cylinder joint)
Right Click the plot window (In any of the white area)
PLOT: SCHT1->Transfer To Full Plot
MAIN TOOLBOX->Animation
This mode has similar controls to the simulation mode with one exception: -1 and +1
Using the +1/-1 tools or the scrollbar under them, you can trace the velocities for each time step.
+1 will move the crank and piston one step in the positive time direction. Similarly, -1 will move
the system in the negative direction by 1 step. This will allow you to find estimated values of
velocity on the plot at different crank angles.
0, 90, 180, and 270 degrees are easy to visualize, but 60 degrees may be difficult to see. It will
be easier to calculate the time at which these angles occur. The angle is equal to (time)*(angular
velocity). Therefore, the time to get to 90 degrees in idle is (90deg)/(4200deg/s) = 0.0214
seconds.
Since there are 100 steps, each step will move the simulation by (End Time)/100. For idle the
end time is 0.2 seconds and for red-line the end time is 0.02 seconds. In addition, step 1 is for
time = 0 and step 101 is for time = (End Time). Here’s an equation to know what time coincides
with what step: t = (tstep-1)*(End Time)/100 or tstep = t*100/(End Time)+1
The numbers you obtain for a time step numbers will probably not be whole numbers. You can
obtain a good estimate of the velocity by assuming that the path between each step is linear.
Therefore if you obtain a time step number of 17.4 from the equation above, you can estimate the
velocity by comparing it to the velocities at 17 (v17) and at 18 (v18): v17 − v18 v17 − v17.4
=
This method is called linear interpolation. 17 − 18 17 − 17.4
13.5 End Simulation
Motion: MOTION_1->Modify
JOINT MOTION->OK
14.1 Repeat
Repeat measurements and plots as in Part 13 but CHANGE End Time in the simulation mode to
0.02 and keep Steps at 100.
14.2 If you finished the measurements and plots for both speeds, you may now close
ADAMS/View. There is no need to save.