Simscape Multibody Belts and Pulleys Examples
This file contains example models that showing how to model mechanisms with belts and pulleys using the new belts and cables library in Simscape Multibody. It includes systems such as block and tackle, non-planar mechanisms, and a tower crane with a trolley and hoist.
Please read the README.txt file to get started.
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Steve Miller (2021). Simscape Multibody Belts and Pulleys Examples (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/66519-simscape-multibody-belts-and-pulleys-examples), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
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Belts_Pulleys_Simscape_R18a/Examples/Applications/Tower_Crane
Belts_Pulleys_Simscape_R18a/Examples/Applications/Tower_Crane/Scripts_Data
Belts_Pulleys_Simscape_R18a/Examples/Applications/XY_Table_Cross
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Belts_Pulleys_Simscape_R18a/Examples/Simple/01_Gear_Constraint
Belts_Pulleys_Simscape_R18a/Examples/Simple/02_Block_Tackle
Belts_Pulleys_Simscape_R18a/Examples/Simple/02_Block_Tackle/Scripts_Data
Belts_Pulleys_Simscape_R18a/Examples/Simple/03_Drive_Right_Angle
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Belts_Pulleys_Simscape_R18a/Examples/Simple/03_Drive_Right_Angle
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Steve,
Is there a way to model pulley cable friction?
Hi Steve, fantastic example!
I've been trying to use your sm_block_and_tackle example as a basis for a problem involving three blocks-and-tackles lifting a tray-like load. Do you have a suggestion on how to model the joints between the tray-like load and the three blocks-and-tackles? Spherical joints trigger the error "kinematic constraints cannot be maintained". Real-world experience suggests the tray-like load should be capable of all yaw, pitch and roll (i.e., 3 degrees of freedom), under the pull of the three blocks-and-tackles, so there should be a way to model it.