Description
Class for conveyor belt.
A conveyor belt is approximated by a box collision shape, where the upper surface has continuous motion in X direction. No cylindrical rounding is used at the ends.
#include <ChConveyor.h>


| Public Member Functions | |
| ChConveyor (double xlength=1, double ythick=0.1, double zwidth=0.5) | |
| Build a conveyor belt, with motion along x axis. | |
| ChConveyor (const ChConveyor &other) | |
| virtual ChConveyor * | Clone () const override | 
| "Virtual" copy constructor (covariant return type). | |
| virtual void | SetSystem (ChSystem *m_system) override | 
| Set the pointer to the parent ChSystem(). | |
| void | SetConveyorSpeed (double mspeed) | 
| Set the speed of the conveyor belt (upper part, X direction). | |
| double | GetConveyorSpeed () | 
| Get the speed of the conveyor belt (upper part, X direction). | |
| ChBody * | GetTruss () const | 
| Access the internal body used as the truss of the moving belt. | |
| ChBody * | GetPlate () const | 
| Access the internal body used as the moving belt (a plate with const.vel.). | |
| void | SetFixed (bool mev) | 
| bool | IsFixed () | 
| const ChCoordsys & | GetCoordsys () const | 
| const ChVector3d & | GetPos () const | 
| const ChQuaternion & | GetRot () const | 
| void | SetCoordsys (const ChCoordsys<> &mcoord) | 
| void | SetCoordsys (const ChVector3d &mv, const ChQuaternion<> &mq) | 
| void | SetRot (const ChQuaternion<> &mrot) | 
| void | SetPos (const ChVector3d &mpos) | 
| void | SetMaterialSurface (std::shared_ptr< ChContactMaterial > mat) | 
| Set the material surface properties by passing a ChContactMaterialNSC or ChContactMaterialSMC object. | |
| std::shared_ptr< ChContactMaterial > | GetMaterialSurface () const | 
| Access the material surface properties of the conveyor belt (shortcut). | |
| virtual unsigned int | GetNumCoordsPosLevel () override | 
| Number of coordinates: this contains an auxiliary body, so it is 14 (with quaternions for rotations). | |
| virtual unsigned int | GetNumCoordsVelLevel () override | 
| Number of coordinates of the particle cluster (for two bodies). | |
| virtual unsigned int | GetNumConstraintsBilateral () override | 
| Get the number of scalar constraints. In this case, a lock constraint is embedded. | |
| virtual bool | IsCollisionEnabled () const override | 
| Tell if the object is subject to collision.  More... | |
| virtual void | AddCollisionModelsToSystem (ChCollisionSystem *coll_sys) const override | 
| Add to the provided collision system any collision models managed by this physics item.  More... | |
| virtual void | RemoveCollisionModelsFromSystem (ChCollisionSystem *coll_sys) const override | 
| Remove from the provided collision system any collision models managed by this physics item.  More... | |
| virtual void | SyncCollisionModels () override | 
| Synchronize the position and bounding box of any collision models managed by this physics item. | |
| virtual void | ArchiveOut (ChArchiveOut &archive_out) override | 
| Method to allow serialization of transient data to archives. | |
| virtual void | ArchiveIn (ChArchiveIn &archive_in) override | 
| Method to allow deserialization of transient data from archives.  More... | |
|  Public Member Functions inherited from chrono::ChPhysicsItem | |
| ChPhysicsItem (const ChPhysicsItem &other) | |
| ChSystem * | GetSystem () const | 
| Get the pointer to the parent ChSystem(). | |
| virtual bool | IsActive () const | 
| Return true if the object is active and included in dynamics. | |
| virtual ChAABB | GetTotalAABB () const | 
| Get the axis-aligned bounding box (AABB) of this object.  More... | |
| virtual ChVector3d | GetCenter () const | 
| Get a symbolic 'center' of the object.  More... | |
| virtual void | Setup () | 
| Perform setup operations.  More... | |
| virtual void | ForceToRest () | 
| Set zero speed (and zero accelerations) in state, without changing the position.  More... | |
| virtual unsigned int | GetNumConstraints () | 
| Get the number of scalar constraints. | |
| virtual unsigned int | GetNumConstraintsUnilateral () | 
| Get the number of unilateral scalar constraints. | |
| unsigned int | GetOffset_x () | 
| Get offset in the state vector (position part) | |
| unsigned int | GetOffset_w () | 
| Get offset in the state vector (speed part) | |
| unsigned int | GetOffset_L () | 
| Get offset in the lagrangian multipliers. | |
| void | SetOffset_x (const unsigned int moff) | 
| Set offset in the state vector (position part) Note: only the ChSystem::Setup function should use this. | |
| void | SetOffset_w (const unsigned int moff) | 
| Set offset in the state vector (speed part) Note: only the ChSystem::Setup function should use this. | |
| void | SetOffset_L (const unsigned int moff) | 
| Set offset in the lagrangian multipliers Note: only the ChSystem::Setup function should use this. | |
| virtual void | InjectKRMMatrices (ChSystemDescriptor &descriptor) | 
| Register with the given system descriptor any ChKRMBlock objects associated with this item. | |
| virtual void | LoadKRMMatrices (double Kfactor, double Rfactor, double Mfactor) | 
| Compute and load current stiffnes (K), damping (R), and mass (M) matrices in encapsulated ChKRMBlock objects.  More... | |
| virtual void | ConstraintsFbLoadForces (double factor=1) | 
| Adds the current link-forces, if any, (caused by springs, etc.) to the 'fb' vectors of the ChVariables referenced by encapsulated ChConstraints. | |
|  Public Member Functions inherited from chrono::ChObj | |
| ChObj (const ChObj &other) | |
| int | GetIdentifier () const | 
| Get the unique integer identifier of this object.  More... | |
| void | SetTag (int tag) | 
| Set an object integer tag (default: -1).  More... | |
| int | GetTag () const | 
| Get the tag of this object. | |
| void | SetName (const std::string &myname) | 
| Set the name of this object. | |
| const std::string & | GetName () const | 
| Get the name of this object. | |
| double | GetChTime () const | 
| Gets the simulation time of this object. | |
| void | SetChTime (double m_time) | 
| Sets the simulation time of this object. | |
| void | AddVisualModel (std::shared_ptr< ChVisualModel > model) | 
| Add an (optional) visualization model.  More... | |
| std::shared_ptr< ChVisualModel > | GetVisualModel () const | 
| Access the visualization model (if any).  More... | |
| void | AddVisualShape (std::shared_ptr< ChVisualShape > shape, const ChFrame<> &frame=ChFrame<>()) | 
| Add the specified visual shape to the visualization model.  More... | |
| std::shared_ptr< ChVisualShape > | GetVisualShape (unsigned int i) const | 
| Access the specified visualization shape in the visualization model (if any).  More... | |
| void | AddVisualShapeFEA (std::shared_ptr< ChVisualShapeFEA > shapeFEA) | 
| Add the specified FEA visualization object to the visualization model.  More... | |
| std::shared_ptr< ChVisualShapeFEA > | GetVisualShapeFEA (unsigned int i) const | 
| Access the specified FEA visualization object in the visualization model (if any).  More... | |
| virtual ChFrame | GetVisualModelFrame (unsigned int nclone=0) const | 
| Get the reference frame (expressed in and relative to the absolute frame) of the visual model.  More... | |
| virtual unsigned int | GetNumVisualModelClones () const | 
| Return the number of clones of the visual model associated with this object.  More... | |
| void | AddCamera (std::shared_ptr< ChCamera > camera) | 
| Attach a camera to this object.  More... | |
| std::vector< std::shared_ptr< ChCamera > > | GetCameras () const | 
| Get the set of cameras attached to this object. | |
| void | UpdateVisualModel () | 
| Utility function to update only the associated visual assets (if any). | |
| virtual std::string & | ArchiveContainerName () | 
| Additional Inherited Members | |
|  Protected Member Functions inherited from chrono::ChObj | |
| int | GenerateUniqueIdentifier () | 
|  Protected Attributes inherited from chrono::ChPhysicsItem | |
| ChSystem * | system | 
| parent system | |
| unsigned int | offset_x | 
| offset in vector of state (position part) | |
| unsigned int | offset_w | 
| offset in vector of state (speed part) | |
| unsigned int | offset_L | 
| offset in vector of lagrangian multipliers | |
|  Protected Attributes inherited from chrono::ChObj | |
| double | ChTime | 
| object simulation time | |
| std::string | m_name | 
| object name | |
| int | m_identifier | 
| object unique identifier | |
| int | m_tag | 
| user-supplied tag | |
| std::shared_ptr< ChVisualModelInstance > | vis_model_instance | 
| instantiated visualization model | |
| std::vector< std::shared_ptr< ChCamera > > | cameras | 
| set of cameras | |
Member Function Documentation
◆ AddCollisionModelsToSystem()
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 | overridevirtual | 
Add to the provided collision system any collision models managed by this physics item.
A derived calss should invoke ChCollisionSystem::Add for each of its collision models.
Reimplemented from chrono::ChPhysicsItem.
◆ ArchiveIn()
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 | overridevirtual | 
Method to allow deserialization of transient data from archives.
Method to allow de serialization of transient data from archives.
Reimplemented from chrono::ChPhysicsItem.
◆ IsCollisionEnabled()
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 | inlineoverridevirtual | 
Tell if the object is subject to collision.
Only for interface; child classes may override this, using internal flags.
Reimplemented from chrono::ChPhysicsItem.
◆ RemoveCollisionModelsFromSystem()
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 | overridevirtual | 
Remove from the provided collision system any collision models managed by this physics item.
A derived class should invoke ChCollisionSystem::Remove for each of its collision models.
Reimplemented from chrono::ChPhysicsItem.
The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:
- /builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono/physics/ChConveyor.h
- /builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono/physics/ChConveyor.cpp
