Output file for Force-Controlled Maneuver of Flexible Robot Arm


The abbreviated output is as follows:

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           PROFILE                 
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node    dof1    dof2    dof3
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   1 	  -1	  -2	   1
   2 	   2	   3	   4
   3 	   5	   6	   7
   4 	   8	   9	  10
   5 	  11	  12	  13
   6 	  14	  15	  16
----------------------------------------------------

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Title : DESCRIPTION OF FINITE ELEMENT MESH                                 
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Profile of Problem Size
=======================

   Dimension of Problem        =      2

   Number Nodes                =      6
   Degrees of Freedom per node =      3
   Max No Nodes Per Element    =      2

   Number Elements             =      5
   Number Element Attributes   =      1
   Number Loaded Nodes         =      1
   Number Loaded Elements      =      0


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Node#      X_coord         Y_coord        Tx     Ty
===================================================

    1    0.0000e+00 m    0.0000e+00 m     -1     -2      1 
    2    2.0000e+00 m    0.0000e+00 m      2      3      4 
    3    4.0000e+00 m    0.0000e+00 m      5      6      7 
    4    6.0000e+00 m    0.0000e+00 m      8      9     10 
    5    8.0000e+00 m    0.0000e+00 m     11     12     13 
    6    1.0000e+01 m    0.0000e+00 m     14     15     16 

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Element#     Type         node[1]   node[2]      Element_Attr_Name
======================================================================

       1   GEXACT_2D            1         2      rodproperties
       2   GEXACT_2D            2         3      rodproperties
       3   GEXACT_2D            3         4      rodproperties
       4   GEXACT_2D            4         5      rodproperties
       5   GEXACT_2D            5         6      rodproperties

====================== 
Element Attribute Data 
====================== 

Element Attribute No   1 : name     = "rodproperties" 
                         : section  = "rodsection" 
                         : material = "rodmaterial" 
                         : type     = GEXACT_2D
                        
EXTERNAL NODAL LOADINGS 
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Node#        Fx (N)        Fy (N)      Mz (N.m)
================================================
    1          0.00          0.00     100000.00

============= End of Finite Element Mesh Description ==============

*** ---------------------------------
*** Nonlinear Iterations =          7 
***                  err =  9.687e-09 
*** ---------------------------------

Coordinates of Displaced Rod
============================

Node :          1  x =          0 m  y =          0 m 
Node :          2  x =      1.996 m  y =    0.03643 m 
Node :          3  x =      3.999 m  y =    0.02541 m 
Node :          4  x =          6 m  y =    0.01266 m 
Node :          5  x =          8 m  y =   0.005849 m 
Node :          6  x =         10 m  y =   0.005033 m 

*** Start at step :          2  : time =        0.2 sec 
*** ---------------------------------
*** Nonlinear Iterations =          6 
***                  err =   1.97e-08 
*** ---------------------------------

   .... lines of output removed .....

*** Start at step :         59  : time =        5.9 sec 
*** ---------------------------------
*** Nonlinear Iterations =          9 
***                  err =   1.57e-08 
*** ---------------------------------

Coordinates of Displaced Rod
============================

Node :          1  x =          0 m  y =          0 m 
Node :          2  x =    -0.9084 m  y =     -2.159 m 
Node :          3  x =     -1.778 m  y =     -4.226 m 
Node :          4  x =     -2.634 m  y =     -6.241 m 
Node :          5  x =     -3.449 m  y =     -8.251 m 
Node :          6  x =     -4.221 m  y =     -10.17 m 

*** Start at step :         60  : time =          6 sec 
*** ---------------------------------
*** Nonlinear Iterations =          8 
***                  err =  8.815e-08 
*** ---------------------------------

Coordinates of Displaced Rod
============================

Node :          1  x =          0 m  y =          0 m 
Node :          2  x =    -0.6411 m  y =     -2.215 m 
Node :          3  x =      -1.26 m  y =     -4.383 m 
Node :          4  x =      -1.86 m  y =     -6.509 m 
Node :          5  x =     -2.447 m  y =     -8.588 m 
Node :          6  x =     -2.984 m  y =     -10.57 m 

MATRIX : "xResponse"

row/col                  1            2            3            4            5            6   
        units            m            m            m            m            m            m   
   1            0.00000e+00  2.00000e+00  4.00000e+00  6.00000e+00  8.00000e+00  1.00000e+01
   2            0.00000e+00  1.99227e+00  3.98798e+00  5.98452e+00  7.98497e+00  9.98600e+00
   3            0.00000e+00  1.97434e+00  3.95440e+00  5.93634e+00  7.92035e+00  9.90373e+00
   4            0.00000e+00  1.89899e+00  3.81691e+00  5.73815e+00  7.65460e+00  9.54848e+00
   5            0.00000e+00  1.66730e+00  3.36257e+00  5.08720e+00  6.81567e+00  8.52117e+00
   6            0.00000e+00  1.27870e+00  2.55769e+00  3.82817e+00  5.08542e+00  6.31501e+00
   7            0.00000e+00  5.30726e-01  1.12130e+00  1.75154e+00  2.40063e+00  3.05948e+00
   8            0.00000e+00 -3.49407e-01 -6.50522e-01 -9.20861e-01 -1.16810e+00 -1.40362e+00
   9            0.00000e+00 -1.29119e+00 -2.55074e+00 -3.78099e+00 -4.99124e+00 -6.16843e+00
  10            0.00000e+00 -2.09294e+00 -4.12517e+00 -6.08048e+00 -7.96780e+00 -9.79927e+00
  11            0.00000e+00 -2.28292e+00 -4.54962e+00 -6.76483e+00 -8.91728e+00 -1.09661e+01
  12            0.00000e+00 -1.75399e+00 -3.48935e+00 -5.22029e+00 -6.89593e+00 -8.47141e+00
  13            0.00000e+00 -6.41135e-01 -1.25980e+00 -1.86019e+00 -2.44734e+00 -2.98415e+00

MATRIX : "yResponse"

row/col                  1            2            3            4            5            6   
        units            m            m            m            m            m            m   
   1            0.00000e+00  0.00000e+00  0.00000e+00  0.00000e+00  0.00000e+00  0.00000e+00
   2            0.00000e+00  1.57778e-01  2.47100e-01  3.05560e-01  3.19433e-01  3.28375e-01
   3            0.00000e+00  3.77338e-01  6.99977e-01  9.73427e-01  1.25096e+00  1.53386e+00
   4            0.00000e+00  7.21043e-01  1.38684e+00  2.04994e+00  2.73878e+00  3.44426e+00
   5            0.00000e+00  1.25966e+00  2.41174e+00  3.49678e+00  4.58184e+00  5.63863e+00
   6            0.00000e+00  1.67910e+00  3.30293e+00  4.91664e+00  6.53767e+00  8.13927e+00
   7            0.00000e+00  2.05632e+00  4.08233e+00  6.08873e+00  8.08672e+00  1.00102e+01
   8            0.00000e+00  2.16137e+00  4.30656e+00  6.41836e+00  8.47592e+00  1.04859e+01
   9            0.00000e+00  1.76304e+00  3.57668e+00  5.37378e+00  7.10600e+00  8.78956e+00
  10            0.00000e+00  8.51409e-01  1.79943e+00  2.78202e+00  3.73363e+00  4.63763e+00
  11            0.00000e+00 -3.26074e-01 -5.97272e-01 -8.49707e-01 -1.14299e+00 -1.45175e+00
  12            0.00000e+00 -1.53422e+00 -3.00654e+00 -4.45735e+00 -5.89123e+00 -7.25048e+00
  13            0.00000e+00 -2.21487e+00 -4.38284e+00 -6.50853e+00 -8.58798e+00 -1.05671e+01


Developed in 2000 by Mark Austin,
Copyright © 2000, Mark Austin, University of Maryland.