Free mechanical set: defining the position
Position of the free mechanical set
The free motion is defined by a list of positions of the mobile mechanical set.
To define these positions, the mobile mechanical set will be dependent on the reference coordinate system.
Definition
Let us consider:
- RREF the defining coordinate system of the mobile mechanical set (reference coordinate system)
- RA the defining coordinate system of a particular position A of the mobile mechanical set
The RA coordinate system is defined in relation with the RREF coordinate system by means of the quantities presented in the table below.
Information | Description | |
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Position | Coordinates of the center of the RA coordinate system in the RREF coordinate system: (Xc, Yc, Zc) | ![]() |
Orientation | Components * of RA coordinate system in the RREF reference coordinate system: (Ux, Uy, Uz), (Vx, Vy, Vz) (Wx, Wy, Wz) |
Complements
Let us consider:
- three unitary orthogonal vectors Ex, Ey, Ez and an origin O defining the initial coordinate system (of reference) of the mechanical set: RREF
- three unitary orthogonal vectors E1, E2, E3 and an origin C defining the position A of the mechanical set: RA
The second coordinate system is known in the first one, which means that the triplets (Ux, Uy, Uz), (Vx, Vy, Vz) et (Wx, Wy, Wz) are known as:
E1 = Ux*Ex + Uy*Ey + Uz*Ez
E2 = Vx*Ex + Vy*Ey + Vz*Ez
E3 = Wx*Ex + Wy*Ey + Wz*Ez