Tension in cable in Simscape

Hi there,

Is there a direct way to get the tension in a cable in Simscape when using pulleys and belts?

Looking at the documentation, there doesnt seem to be anything under the Belt-cabel properties.

Is the work arounf the torque on the pulley with the radius to get the cabel tension?

Thanks in advance

Gerard

Answer 1

[Steve Miller]

Tension needs to be measured at the end of the cable. I recommend you have at the end of the cable

Belt-Cable-End <=> Rigid Transform <=> Translational Joint with a stiff spring on Internal Mechanics <=> Rigid transform.

You can measure the force from the Translational Joint.

--Steve

[Suphakit Auengcharoensub]

hello .

I have a question . can i measure length of belt-cable end ?

Regards

[ANIMESH]

Hello @Steve Miller,

I ' m also tring to measure the tension in my belt or cable. The belt connection is between several pulleys and i want to know the tension between them. For this i break my connection and add 2 belt-cable end at each end and in between them i added a pin slot joint, but the issue is at the start of my simulation, the arrangment starts from origin and my simulation terminates. I tried with rigid transformation but i don't know how to use it correctly. Will be able to guide me in this context?

--Animesh