The wire tension on either side of each intermediate point is then applied to that point if the point is offset on the object involved then this gives rise to an applied moment. They connect two or more points in the model by a winch wire, fed from a winch inertia (typically representing a winch drum) which is driven by a winch drive (typically representing the hydraulics that drive the drum).Īs well as connecting its two end points, the winch wire may, optionally, pass via intermediate points, in which case it does so as if passing over a small frictionless pulley at each point. Winches provide a way of modelling tension-controlled or speed-controlled winches.
