Rigid Multibody simulation using RecurDyn/Professional

Course category

Standard

Level

Basic

Duration

16 hours [4 days: 4 hours in the morning]

Time

9:00 - 13:00

Language

Italian/English

Tutors

Sara Metus, Tiziano Minotto

Description

The course aims to enable users to model, simulate and analyze the kinematics and dynamics of a 3D mechanism using RecurDyn/Professional. The participant will acquire the ability to choose strategies to correctly virtualize the system, assuming that the bodies have perfectly rigid behavior. First, the course presents RecurDyn software, describing its basic functionality and user interface. Then the students are taught how to correctly use simple ideal joints, higher order ideal joints, non-linear analytical contacts, non-linear general contacts, virtual sensors, forces of all types, expressions, parametric modeling and batch management of simulations. Explanations will be accompanied by examples and exercises.

Target Audience

Engineers using RecurDyn for the first time.

Pre-requisites

asic knowledge of applied mechanics, mechanical physics and finite elements.

Agenda

Session 1 (4 hours) - Day 1/4

Software interface and general settings
Introduction to RecurDyn/Modeler (pre-processor)
Coordinates and references in RecurDyn
Managing rigid bodies and their inertial properties

Session 2 (4 hours) - Day 2/4

Using joints and boundary conditions/constraints
Using forces
Using analytical contacts, including parametric ones

Session 3 (4 hours) - Day 3/4

Using general 2D and 3D contacts
Managing solutions: solver parameters and restart
Managing parametric simulations, also in batch mode

Session 4 (4 hours) - Day 4/4

Exporting and using sub-models
Using expressions and creating custom outputs
Introduction to RecurDyn/Viewer (post-processor)