python – Solving a system of mass, spring, damper and Coulomb friction

python – Solving a system of mass, spring, damper and Coulomb friction

Im gonna put a simplified/temporary solution here till someone comes with a better one:

from scipy.integrate import odeint
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

m = 0.2
k = 2.0
c = 0.1
mus = 0.3
muk = 0.2
g = 9.8
vf = 0.01
v0 = 0.0
t1 = 10
sign = lambda x: np.tanh(100*x)

def Xi(t):
  if t < 1 :
    return 0
  else:
    return 1

vXi = np.vectorize(Xi)

def eq(X, t, Xi):
  Ff = k * (Xi(t) - X[0])

  if np.abs(X[1]) < vf and np.abs(Ff) < mus * m * g :
    Ff = k * (Xi(t) - X[0])
  else:
    Ff = sign(X[1]) * muk * m * g

  d2x = (k * (Xi(t) - X[0]) - Ff) / m
  return [X[1], d2x]

t = np.linspace(0, t1, 1000)
X0 = [v0, 0]
sol = odeint(func = eq, y0 = X0, t = t, args = (Xi, ), mxstep = 50000, atol = 1e-5)

plt.plot(t, sol[:, 0], r-, label = Output (x(t)))
plt.plot(t, vXi(t), b-, label = Input (xi(t)))
plt.ylabel(values)
plt.xlabel(time)
plt.legend(loc=best)
plt.show()

and the result is:

I used this, this and this posts to write the code. I ignored damping and inertia to simplify the problem.

another approach is just to use a for loop and calculate steps sequentially:

Y = np.piecewise(t, [t < t2, t >= t2], [0, 1])
dY = np.insert(np.diff(Y) / np.diff(t), 0 , v0, axis = 0)
X = np.zeros((steps,))
dX = np.zeros((steps,))
dX[0] = v0
ddX = np.zeros((steps,))
Ff = np.zeros((steps,))
# FS = np.zeros((steps,))
dt = t1 / (steps - 1)

for ii in range(1, steps):
  X[ii] = X[ii - 1] + dt * dX[ii - 1]
  dX[ii] = dX[ii - 1] + dt * ddX[ii - 1]
  Ff[ii] = k * (Y[ii] - X[ii]) #+ c * (dY[ii] - dX[ii])
  if not (np.abs(dX[ii]) < vf and np.abs(Ff[ii]) < mus * m * g) :
    Ff[ii] = np.sign(dX[ii]) * muk * m * g
  ddX[ii] = (k * (Y[ii] - X[ii]) - Ff[ii]) / m 

the result is shown as green in below plot:

I also changed the vf to 0.001. The results are different from odeint for some reason!

python – Solving a system of mass, spring, damper and Coulomb friction

Writing the equations of such a system is not obvious. And solving it is also not easy.

If the Python constraint can be released, I would suggest using OpenModelica to solve this problem. In the modelica library of components, you have the element

.Modelica.Mechanics.Translational.Components.MassWithStopAndFriction

which can be used to model dry friction.