tabulatedAxialAngularSpring.H

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Class
    Foam::sixDoFRigidBodyMotionRestraints::tabulatedAxialAngularSpring

Description
    sixDoFRigidBodyMotionRestraints model.  Axial angular spring with moment
    values drawn from an interpolation table.  Linear damping.

SourceFiles
    tabulatedAxialAngularSpring.C

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#ifndef tabulatedAxialAngularSpring_H
#define tabulatedAxialAngularSpring_H

#include "sixDoFRigidBodyMotionRestraint.H"
#include "point.H"
#include "tensor.H"
#include "interpolationTable.H"

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namespace Foam
{

namespace sixDoFRigidBodyMotionRestraints
{

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                  Class tabulatedAxialAngularSpring Declaration
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class tabulatedAxialAngularSpring
:
    public sixDoFRigidBodyMotionRestraint
{
    // Private data

        //- Reference orientation where there is no moment
        tensor refQ_;

        //- Global unit axis around which the motion is sprung
        vector axis_;

        //- Spring moment interpolation table, depending on angleFormat
        interpolationTable<scalar> moment_;

        //- Boolean stating whether the angle around the axis needs to
        //  be converted to degrees before asking the
        //  interpolationTable for a moment value
        bool convertToDegrees_;

        //- Damping coefficient (Nms/rad)
        scalar damping_;


public:

    //- Runtime type information
    TypeName("tabulatedAxialAngularSpring");


    // Constructors

        //- Construct from components
        tabulatedAxialAngularSpring
        (
            const word& name,
            const dictionary& sDoFRBMRDict
        );

        //- Construct and return a clone
        virtual autoPtr<sixDoFRigidBodyMotionRestraint> clone() const
        {
            return autoPtr<sixDoFRigidBodyMotionRestraint>
            (
                new tabulatedAxialAngularSpring(*this)
            );
        }


    //- Destructor
    virtual ~tabulatedAxialAngularSpring();


    // Member Functions

        //- Calculate the restraint position, force and moment.
        //  Global reference frame vectors.
        virtual void restrain
        (
            const sixDoFRigidBodyMotion& motion,
            vector& restraintPosition,
            vector& restraintForce,
            vector& restraintMoment
        ) const;

        //- Update properties from given dictionary
        virtual bool read(const dictionary& sDoFRBMRCoeff);

        //- Write
        virtual void write(Ostream&) const;
};


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} // End namespace solidBodyMotionFunctions
} // End namespace Foam

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#endif

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