NodeGenericAE

A node containing a number of AE variables. Use e.g. linear state space systems. NOTE: referenceCoordinates and initialCoordinates must be initialized, because no default values exist.

Interface

Provides: GenericAE

Parameters

The parameters of the item; in a dictionary, its type is ‘GenericAE’:

name	type	default	description
name	String	‘’	node’s unique name
referenceCoordinates	Vector	[]	(symbol: \(\yv\cRef = [y_0,\,\ldots,\,y_{nc}]\tp\cRef\)) generic reference coordinates of node; must be consistent with numberOfAECoordinates
initialCoordinates	Vector	[]	(symbol: \(\yv\cIni = [y_0,\,\ldots,\,y_{nc}]\tp\cIni\)) initial displacement coordinates; must be consistent with numberOfAECoordinates
numberOfAECoordinates	PInt	0	(symbol: \(n_c\)) number of generic AE coordinates; must be given: the default is only a placeholder
visualization	VNodeGenericAE		parameters for visualization of item

Visualization parameters

VNodeGenericAE has no parameters.

Drawing

The item draws nothing.

Output variables

Available as OutputVariableType in sensors, Get...Output() and other functions:

output variable	symbol	description
Coordinates	\(\yv\cConfig = [y_0,\,\ldots,\,y_{nc}]\tp\cConfig\)	AE coordinates vector of node

Detailed description

Coordinates

A number of AE coordinates, numberOfAECoordinates, whose meaning is defined by the object that uses the node; the number of algebraic equations may differ from the number of coordinates, if other objects provide the equations.

Action on the equations of motion

The coordinates are algebraic variables: they add algebraic equations, which the objects provide.