Linking Mechanical and Hydraulic System Model in SIMSCAP MATLAB

I am working on connecting the mechanical and hydraulic system in SIMScape and I have used a method found in the applications as shown in the picture I am working on linking the mechanical and hydraulic system in SimScape and I used a method available in the applications as shown in the picture as there is no multibody multiphysics library available in matlabe 2018b . Can I use the method shown in the picture or do I need a multibody multiphysics library?

Answer 1

[Yifeng Tang]

The Translational Multibody Interface was first available in R2021a. Prior to that, such interface can be doen using force sensor and velocity source, like what you are doing.

I haven't done this for a while now so I could remember whether some of the ports need to flipped, but I believe what you have is correct. You can test it with some simple pressure source and see whether the joint moves as expected.

Another way to "cheat", in case you have access to R2021a, is to copy the .ssc code and compile in R2018b. The .ssc code is visible.