Inventor 2021 Dynamic Simulation Question: Dominos and Chain Reactions

[habibhamza753]

Hello,

I am trying to simulate a domino being tipped over with the rolling of a ball. What joints/constraints in Inventor Dynamic Simulation will I need to use? I have attached the assembly for this.

Thanks

[JDMather]

Sketches unconstrained?

Track not modeled properly (profile not perpendicular to path).

No clearance between components (won't work in the real world).

No Domino part?

Joints would be the same as previous problem.

Spatial and 3D Contact.

[habibhamza753]

@JDMather I don't understand. Can you put a little video explaining what you mean? What do you mean by I have a domino part, no clearance, and the track is incorrect?

Thank you

[JDMather]

What is the radius of your ball?

What is the radius of your slot in the track?

Is the sketch profile of the track perpendicular to the start of helical path?

Shift Win S to grab screen shot image of your Domino part.

Reply to this thread and Ctrl V to paste the image here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjoVGhU5hqA

[habibhamza753]

@JDMather Here it is. It's a simple rectangle

Also, I have the assembly uploaded in the first post. You should be able to download it from there. It's different from the files for the previous problem.

Thanks.

[JDMather]

What is the name of that file in your image?

OK, I found the part file, but why is it not placed into your assembly?

The concept is the same. Exactly the same.

Spatial

3D Contact

Gravity.

[habibhamza753]

Domino.ipt

[JDMather]

I opened your assembly and did not find any component named Domino in the assembly.

You asked question about ball hitting Dominos in Dynamic Simulation, but no Dominos in the assembly???

That is what totally confused me about your question.

[habibhamza753]

@JDMather Sorry. I was trying to play around with the assembly but it looks like I accidentally sent you the files I tinkered with. Here the original files: 

[JDMather]

You need a Spatial Joint on you Domino (just exactly line on your ball (p2)).

You need a 3D Contact Joint between the Domino and Roll2 (just exactly line on your ball (p2)).

You need a 3D Contact Joint between the Domino and your ball (p2).

You should fix the track profile so that the analysis runs faster.

[JDMather]

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@habibhamza753 wrote:

It's different from the files for the previous problem.

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The Domino in your current assembly is the same as your ball in >>this assembly<<.

6 Degrees of Freedom (Spatial Joint), Gravity and 3D Contact.

The fact that the body is in the shape of a sphere, or a box, or a cat - doesn't matter.  6 DoF  3D Contact with other bodies.

[habibhamza753]

Thank you, I'll update you on what happens

[habibhamza753]

The domino keeps rotating for some reason? The ball goes down and I followed the constraints, what's wrong?

@JDMather 

Thanks

[JDMather]

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@habibhamza753 wrote:

what's wrong?

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No assembly Attached???

[habibhamza753]

@JDMather Here it is. Sorry if I keep forgetting to attach it. 

[JDMather]

New questions:

This is the latest assembly that you attached. 

What does #1 mean to you?

What does #2 mean to you?

You never answered my previous questions.

What is the radius of your ball?

What is the radius of the slot in your track?

[habibhamza753]

Number 1 shows the part is grounded and 2 shows that the joint is suppressed. I get that, unsuppress it and run it, then the domino starts to rotate. When I play around with the friction value (I tried 0.3 and 0.6, I'm new to this), an error came up saying 'Check input values'. I tried to lock the DOFs for the domino rotating, it didn't work. When the domino falls, it does contact the ground correctly and does not go through it. When the domino is touched by the ball, it does treat it as a solid. My concern is why it starts to rotate when I run the simulation. Does it have something to do with placement, forces? This is my first time dealing with Inventor Dynamic Simulation, so I'm sorry if I'm unable to grasp onto abstract concepts.

The ball radius is .063 in and so is the slot.

[JDMather]

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@habibhamza753 wrote:

The ball radius is .063 in and so is the slot.

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Two objects cannot occupy the same space.

Your simulation probably ran very very slow.

You should increase the slot or decrease the ball.

(The track design is a more difficult issue covered in the video that I linked previously.)

Now I have to figure out why your Domino is not static.

Edit: We need to fix the track before anything else.

[habibhamza753]

I changed the radius of the ball to .06 in. I didn't attach a part. But if you need one I can give you it.

Thanks

[JDMather]

Did you fix the track such that the profile is perpendicular to the helical path?

Does the ball now run down the track at least 10 times faster than before?