fb_fbd()

[txt, OK, parts]: fb_fbd(o, n, options)

• o the meclib object list (stackjson_parse(objects))
• n the names array (content of the names input field)
• options list of options name = value, each optional:
  • sys list of indices of the elements of the system (to be shown)
  • env list of indices of the elements of the environment (to be deactivated and replaced by reactions)
  • hint text added if the system boundaries are wrong
  • supports indices of the supports whose reactions must have different names (default: all "fix1", "fix12", "fix123", "fix13" and "contact" objects)
  • reserved further names a reaction must not have, e.g. [a, b, h, alpha] (symbols of the problem)
  • nameform true: each drawn load is named with one letter and, if needed, an index
  • forces, moments expected number of drawn forces and moments

Source

fb_fbd() does the checks of a free-body diagram that do not depend on a single support. The supports themselves are checked with their own functions (Feedback for "contact", Feedback for "fix12", ...).

1. System boundaries (if sys or env is given): as fb_system().
2. Names (always):
   • every drawn force and moment has a name,
   • no drawn load is named like a given load or a name in reserved (given loads may share a name, e.g. two weights G),
   • the reactions at the supports have different names, as fb_unique_names(),
   • with nameform = true: one letter with an optional index, e.g. F_1. Usually this is checked per support already.
3. Number (if forces or moments is given): the drawn forces and moments are counted, as fb_reactions().

Drawn loads are the forces and moments with state "active" (created by the student); given loads are the others. Resultants of line loads (a space in the name) are left out.

Result:

• txt one line per problem; if there is none, one line naming the checks done: Geprüft und in Ordnung: Systemgrenzen, Namen, Anzahl der Reaktionen. The text starts with <br> as with the other feedback functions.
• OK true if all checks pass
• parts [system OK, names OK, number OK], true for a check not done, e.g. for partial marks in the PRT

All checks run, so the student sees all problems at once.

Note: the option names are evaluated. If the question has a variable named like an option (e.g. sys), write the option name quoted: 'sys = [1], or as a string: "sys" = [1].

Example

Taken from demo_questions/contact_demo_03 static friction.xml.

Feedback variables:

obj: stackjson_parse(objects);
[txtFBD, okFBD, partsFBD]: fb_fbd(obj, names, [sys = [i_beam], env = [i_floor, i_top, i_side],
                                              supports = [i_A, i_B], reserved = [a, b, h, alpha],
                                              forces = 3, moments = 0]);
[textA, okA]: fb_contact(obj, names, i_A, "Kontakt A: ", "smooth", ["N_A", "N"]);
[textB, okB]: fb_contact(obj, names, i_B, "Kontakt B: ", "static", ["N_B", "N"], ["R_B", "R"]);

Node 1: AlgEquiv(okFBD, true), feedback {@txtFBD@} in both branches; further nodes for the contacts.