Getting Started Using

ADAMS/View

Version 12.0

 

INTRODUCTON:

 

ADAMS/View is a powerful modeling and simulation environment. It enables you to design, visualize, and improve your mechanical system model prior to building a physical prototype. Using ADAMS/View you can submit simulations to ADAMS/Solver to compute the force and motion behavior of your system and to write that information to output files.

 

GETTING STARTED USING ADAMS/View:

 

1.     STARTING ADAMS/View 12.0

·       How to start the program?

·       Basic settings

                                                                                 i.     Setting the gravity

                                                                               ii.     Setting the working grid

                                                                             iii.     Setting the units

 

2.     CREATING GEOMETRY

·       How to create parts?

                                                                                 i.     How to create design points?

                                                                               ii.     How to create links?

                                                                             iii.     How to create blocks?

                                                                             iv.     How to create plates?

                                                                               v.     How to create curves/splines?

                                                                             vi.     How to create precise geometry locations?

·       Markers

                                                                                 i.     What are markers?

                                                                               ii.     What are markers used for?

                                                                             iii.     How to add/modify markers?

 

3.     CREATING JOINTS

·       How to create joints?

·       Types of joints

                                                                                 i.     Revolute/Rotational Joint

                                                                               ii.     Translational Joint

                                                                             iii.     Fixed Joint

                                                                             iv.     Pin in slot Joint

                                                                               v.     Cam contact

 

4.     IMPOSING FORCES & MOTION

·       Imposing external forces on bodies

·       Imposing motion on joints

                                                                                 i.     Applying rotational motion

                                                                               ii.     Applying translational motion

·       Springs and spring forces

 

5.     SIMULATING THE MODEL

·       How to verify the model?

·       How to simulate the model?

                                                                                 i.     The simulation panel

                                                                               ii.     Setting end time

                                                                             iii.     Setting time steps

 

6.     INTERPRETING RESULTS  

·       How to measure geometric properties?

·       How to measure physical characteristics?

·       Creating plots from measurements

 

SAMPLE PROBLEMS:

 

1.     Simple pendulum

2.     Cam

3.     Slider Crank

4.     Slider

 

 

 COMPUTATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS:

1.     Repeat sample problem 1

2.    Pendulum modeling the motion of a gymnast on a high-bar

3.    Double pendulum modeling robot arm

4.    Four-bar linkages

5.    Slider Crank Mechanism