‘COSMOSMotion 2008 Training Manual Lesson 7 Latching Assembly Objectives Upon successful completion of this lesson, you will be able to: Use Assembly Motion to simulate the closing of the latch at the desired speed. » Use COSMOSMotion to simulate and analyze the amount of force necessary to close the latch 63Lesson 7 Latening Assembiy Problem Description Latching Assembly Analysis. Note COSMOSMotion 2008 Training Manual The objective of this lesson, analyzing a latching mechanism, is to use expressions prescribing the displacement of the mechanism and extraction of the contact force generated as the latch closes. Open Full Latch Mechanism. sidasm. Create a new Motion study. Click on Insert, then select New Motion Study. Create a rotary motor to drive the latch. In the Motion Manager, click on the Motor icon, Under Motor Type inthe Motor 5 ER Manager, select Rotary Motor. vw « pane teeta oe Sw Under Motor Direction, in the Components/Direction field, select the axis as shown in the following figure. To do this, it may be necessary to set the axes to Visible in the View pull down menu, Under Motor Type, in the Motion field, select Expression (see the figure above), Under Expression Type, in the Motion field, select Displacement. In the Expression box, type: STEP(TIME,0,00,1,90D)+STEP(TIME,1.5,00,3,-90D) Problem Description‘COSMOSMotion 2008 Training Manual Lesson 7 Latehing Assembly Note ‘The first part of the expression prescribes a 90 degree rotation between O and 1 second. The second part then rotates the lever by 90 degrees in he opposite direction between 1.5 to 3 seconds. Click OK. Functional You can use functional expressions to define magnitudes of input used Expressions in: » Motion drivers Applied forces Functions can depend on time or other system states, such as displacement, velocity, and reaction forces and may be composed of any valid combination of simple constants, operators, parameters. and available supported solver functions such as Step (STEP) and Harmonic (SHF), for example. For a detailed list of functions and its syntax, please refer to the on-line help. Define motor to restrict rotation of the latch. Create a Rotary Motor that sets Distance to 0 deg from 0s to 3s at the location shown below. Latching Assembly Analysis 65