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Subsubsection 3.11.2.2: Rigid Revolute Joint Up Subsection 3.11.2: Rigid Connectors Subsubsection 3.11.2.4: Rigid Cylindrical Joint

#### 3.11.2.3 Rigid Prismatic Joint

The rigid prismatic joint connector allows the user to connect two rigid bodies and at a point in space and allow translation along a single prescribed axis.
In addition to the shared parameters above, it defines the following parameters.
 parameter Description joint_origin The position of the joint. translation_axis The translation axis. transverse_axis The transverse axis. prescribed_translation Prescribed translation flag translation Prescribed translation along axis. force Applied force along axis.
The tolerance element defines the augmentation tolerance. That is, when the relative change in the constraint forces and moments (the Lagrange multipliers) are less than this value. The gaptol element defines the tolerance for spatial separation of the joint origin on the two bodies (in units of length). The angtol element defines the tolerance for angular separation of the joint axis on the two bodies (in units of radians). Setting any of these three elements to zero disables the enforcement of that tolerance. The force_penalty parameter (with units of force per length) represents the stiffness that prevents the joint origin on the two bodies from separating. The moment_penalty parameter (with units of moment per radians) represents the torsional stiffness that enforces parallelism of the joint axis on the two bodies. The body_a and body_b elements are the material numbers of the two rigid bodies. The joint_origin element defines the position of the joint (the origin of the basis in world coordinates at the start of the analysis. Note that this point does not have to be inside or on the surface of either of the two bodies. The translation_axis element defines the orientation of the joint translation axis in world coordinates at the start of the analysis.
Optionally, the translation of body relative to body may be prescribed using the additional tags
<prescribed_translation>1</prescribed_translation>
<translation lc="1">5.0</translation>

The prescribed_translation element is a flag that indicates that the motion of the joint is prescribed (1 for prescribed, 0 for free). The translation element specifies the amount of translation (with units of length) with an optional associated load curve.
Optionally, a force may be prescribed on body relative to body , along the joint axis using the additional tag
<force lc="1">5.e-3</force>

The force element specifies the magnitude of the force, with an optional associated load curve. The force element should not be used simultaneously with a prescribed translation.
Example:
<constraint type="rigid prismatic joint" name="Joint02 ">
<tolerance>0</tolerance>
<gaptol>1e-4</gaptol>
<angtol>1e-4</angtol>
<force_penalty>1e0</force_penalty>
<moment_penalty>1e0</moment_penalty>
<auto_penalty>1</auto_penalty>
<body_a>4</body_a>
<body_b>1</body_b>
<joint_origin>-150,0,2</joint_origin>
<translation_axis>1,0,0</translation_axis>
<prescribed_translation>150</prescribed_translation>
<translation lc="1">1</translation>
</constraint>

Subsubsection 3.11.2.2: Rigid Revolute Joint Up Subsection 3.11.2: Rigid Connectors Subsubsection 3.11.2.4: Rigid Cylindrical Joint