
18 2 System Modeling
The linkage between effort and displacement variables defines the capacitive
element, generally a non-linear relationship, which in the linear case defines the
capacitance parameter C that characterizes the dynamic property of this element.
table 2.2 defines the general nonlinear relationship both in direct and inverse form,
the linear relationship and the dimension of capacitance for electrical systems,
mechanical displacement and rotation systems, hydraulic systems, and thermal
systems.
Finally, the linkage between effort and momentum variables defines, the inertia
element, generally a non-linear relationship, which in the linear case, defines
the inertia parameter I that characterizes the dynamic property of this element.
table 2.3 defines the general nonlinear relationship both in direct and inverse form,
the linear relationship and the dimension of capacitance for electrical systems,
mechanical displacement and rotation systems, hydraulic systems, and thermal
systems.
Table 2.3 Inertia element’s relations between generalized variables.
General
Relation
Linear
Relation
Generalized Variables
Electrical
Mechanical Translation
Mechanical Rotation
Hydraulic
Thermal
In order to obtain the dynamic equations corresponding to these physical
systems, conservation laws are applied involving the elements above described.
Basically, the values of the variables effort of interrelated elements that form a
loop is zero and the sum of the flow variables at a node of interconnection is also
zero (fig. 2.5).