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Vehicles/TrackSystem/Interactions/Flexibility

DefaultTrackFlexibility

DefaultTrackFlexibility:
    .doc: """
    Defines linear elastic flexibility model for each constrained degree of freedom for a Track System.
    Includes stiffness values and attenuation factors for each deformation mode.

    tensile - Linear flexibility for longitudinal tension/compression.

    bending_vertical - Linear elastic stiffness for side-to-side bending around the VERTICAL axis.

    bending_lateral - Linear elastic stiffness for sagging around the LATERAL axis.

    shear_vertical - Linear elastic stiffness for shear deformation along the VERTICAL axis.

    shear_lateral - Linear elastic stiffness for shear deformation along the LATERAL axis.

    torsional - Linear elastic stiffness for torsional deformation around the main track longitudinal axis.
    """

    tensile is Physics.Interactions.Flexibility.DefaultFlexibility
    bending_vertical is Physics.Interactions.Flexibility.DefaultFlexibility
    bending_lateral is Physics.Interactions.Flexibility.DefaultFlexibility
    shear_vertical is Physics.Interactions.Flexibility.DefaultFlexibility
    shear_lateral is Physics.Interactions.Flexibility.DefaultFlexibility
    torsional is Physics.Interactions.Flexibility.DefaultFlexibility

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