Bond Graphs

Bond Graphs K.
Craig 1
Mechatronics
Modeling with Bond Graphs
The Practice
of
Multidisciplinary
Systems Engineering
Dr. Kevin Craig
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bond Graphs K. Craig 2
Systems and Modeling
What is a system?
What is the systems viewpoint?
What is a subsystem? What is a component?
What is a state-determined system?
What is a model?
Why model?
Analysis?
Identification?
Synthesis?
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IEEE Control Systems Magazine
Vol. 14, No. 4, August 1994
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Electro-Pneumatic
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This system can be
collapsed into a
simplified
approximate overall
model when
numerical values
are properly
chosen:
Temperature Feedback
Control System:
A Larger-Scale
Engineering System
Bridge
Circuit
Amplifier Controller
Electro-
Pneumatic
Transducer
Valve
Chemical
Process
Thermistor
R
V
e
E
R
C
Desired
Temperature
(set with R
V
)
Block Diagram of an Temperature Control System
Actual
Temperature
(measured with
R
C
)
e
M
p
M x
V
T
C
Introduction to Bond Graphs
Similar forms of equations are generated by dynamic
systems in a wide variety of domains, e.g., electrical,
mechanical, and fluid. Such systems are analogous.
The bond-graph method is a graphical approach to
modeling in which component energy ports are
connected by bonds that specify the transfer of energy
between system components. Power, the rate of energy
transport between components, is the universal currency
of physical systems.
The graphical nature of bond graphs separates the
system structure from the equations.
Bond graphs are thus ideal for visualizing the essential
characteristics of a system.
With bond graphs, designing and analyzing the structure
of a system perhaps the most important part of the
modeling task can often be undertaken using only a
pencil and paper. The focus can then be placed on the
relationships among the components and subsystems.
Bond graphs can provide an engineer early with
information about constrained states, algebraic loops,
and the benefits and consequences of potential
approximations and simplifications.
Bond graphs offer qualitative insight to the engineer, in
addition to being used for numerical analysis.
Collection
of
Engineering
Multiports
Generally, when two
subsystems or
components are joined
together physically, two
complementary variables
are simultaneously
constrained to be equal
for the two subsystems.
Places at which subsystems can be interconnected are
places at which power can flow between the
subsystems.
Such places are called ports, and physical subsystems
with one or more ports are called multiports.
A system with a single port is called a 1-port, a system
with two ports is called a 2-port, and so on.
The variables that are forced to be identical when two
multiports are connected are called power variables,
because the product of the two variables considered as
functions of time is the instantaneous power flowing
between the two multiports.
Power can flow in either direction, so a sign convention
for the power variables is needed.
Since power interactions are always present when two
multiports are connected, it is useful to classify the various
power variables in a universal scheme and to describe all
types of multiports in a common language.
All power variables are called either effort or flow.
A curse of system analysis that becomes evident as soon
as problems involving several energy domains are studied
is that it is hard to establish notation that does not conflict
with conventional usage. The context in which the symbols
are used will resolve any possible ambiguities in meaning.
The power flowing into or out of a port is the product of
an effort and a flow variable.
Momentum is defined as the time integral of an effort.
Displacement is the time integral of a flow.
Energy E(t) is the time integral of power, P(t). p and q
are called energy variables.
( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
P t e t f t power
p t e t dt momentum
q t f t dt displacement
= =
= =
= =
( )
( )
( )
( )
dp t
e t dp edt
dt
dq t
f t dq f dt
dt
= =
= =
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
E t P t dt e t f t dt
e t dq t f t dp t
= =
= =

Effort can be a function of a displacement
Flow can be a function of a momentum
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
E q e q dq
E p f p dp
=
=


Tetrahedron
of
State
The only types of
variables that are
needed to model
physical systems
are represented by
the power and
energy variables e,
f, p, and q.
Power Bond
The effort and flow signals
are carried by a single
power bond. The half
arrow indicates the
direction of positive power
transport.
e
1
= e
2
and f
1
= f
2
power = e
1
f
1
= e
2
f
2
A word about units:
Units are the shoals on which many a system
analysis has foundered. The International System of
Units (SI) has great advantage for system dynamic
studies.
In the SI system, power is always measured in
newton-meters per second (N-m/s) or the equivalent
watts (W), no matter what type of physical system is
being studied.
Similarly, energy will always be measured in newton-
meters (N-m) or the equivalent joules (J) for any type
of physical system.
Thus if e, f, p, and q variables are given SI units, no
bothersome unit conversions will be necessary to
properly account for power and energy interactions.
Ports, Bonds, and Power
Multiport elements with ports can be connected to
other multiports to form systems.
When two multiports are connected, power can flow
through connected ports.
We now develop a universal way to represent
multiports and systems of interconnected multiports
based on the variable classifications discussed.
When two multiports are coupled together so that the
effort and flow variables become identical, the two
multiports are said to have a common bond.
A line associated with an isolated multiport indicates a
port or potential bond. For interconnected multiports, a
line represents the conjunction of two ports, i.e., a
bond.
Separately Excited
DC Motor
Efforts are placed either above or to the left of the port lines.
Flows are placed either below or to the right of port lines.
The half arrow indicates the direction of power flow at any instant when
the effort and flow variable are both positive (or both negative).
Bond Graphs
A bond graph simply consists of subsystems linked
together by lines representing power bonds.
When major subsystems are represented by words,
then the graph is called a word bond graph.
Such a bond graph establishes multiport
subsystems, the way in which the subsystems are
bonded together, effort and flow variables at the
ports of the subsystems, and sign conventions for
power exchanges.
Ultimately, detailed bond graphs must be substituted
for the multiports designated by words in a word bond
graph. From a sufficiently detailed bond graph, state
equations may be derived.
Radar Antenna Pedestal
Drive System
Automotive
Drive Train
A full arrowhead
indicates an active
bond whose
influence on the
system from its
environment
occurs at
essentially zero
power flow.
Inputs, Outputs, and Signals
At each port, both an effort and flow variable exist,
and one can control either one but not both of these
variables simultaneously.
Experiment to
determine
what the
motor torque
is at a given
speed.
Block Diagram
For multiports, each port or bond has both an effort and
a flow, and when these two types of variables are
represented as paired signals, it is only possible for one
of these signals to be an input and the other to be an
output.
To know which of the effort and flow signals at a port is
the input of the multiport, only one piece of information
must be supplied to our previous bond graphs. This is
because if one of the effort and flow variables is an
input, the other is an output.
In bond graphs the way in which inputs and outputs are
specified is by means of the causal stroke.
The causal stroke is a short, perpendicular line made at
one end of a bond or port line and indicates the
direction in which the effort signal is directed.
The Meaning of Causal Strokes
Note that the half-arrow sign convention for power flow
and the causal stroke are completely independent.
In many cases, systems are so designed that only
one of the power variables is important, so that a
single signal is transmitted between two subsystems.
No information can really be transmitted at zero
power, but, practically speaking, information can be
transmitted at power levels that are negligible
compared to other system power levels.
Every instrument is designed to extract information
about some system variable without seriously
disturbing the system to which the instrument is
attached.
An ideal ammeter indicates current but introduces
no voltage drop.
An ideal voltmeter reads a voltage while passing
no current.
Ideal
Voltmeter
Input
Impedance
R
in
Real
Voltmeter
+
-
V
in
+
-
Ideal Ammeter
Input
Impedance
V
R
R
in
Real
Ammeter
I
in
An ideal pressure gage reads pressure with no flow.
An ideal tachometer reads angular speed with no
added torque.
When an instrument reads an effort or flow variable, but
with negligible power, there is a signal connection
between subsystems without the back effect associated
with power interaction.
When a system is dominated by signal interactions due
to the presence of instruments, for example, then either
an effort or flow signal may be suppressed at many
connection points. In such a case, a bond degenerates
to a single signal and may be shown as an active bond.
Notation for an active bond is identical to that for a
signal in a block diagram a full arrow on the bond.
The implication is that the other variable has negligible
backward effect.
Exercise
Represent an electric drill as a multiport.
Consider the switch position influence as occurring on
an active bond.
Apply causal strokes to your bond graph, assuming
that the drill is plugged into a 100 volt outlet and that
the torque is determined by the material being drilled.
Show a block diagram for the drill corresponding to
your choice of causality at the ports.
Basic Component Models
We define a basic set of multiports that can be used to
model subsystems in detail.
These multiports function as components of subsystem
and system models and are, in many cases, idealized
mathematical versions of real components.
In other cases, the multiports are used to model physical
effects in a device and cannot be put into a one-to-one
correspondence with physical components of the device.
There are only a few basic types of multiport elements
required to represent models in a variety of energy
domains.
The bond graph notation often allows one to more easily
visualize aspects of the system than with just state
equations.
Also, the search for a bond graph model of a complex
system frequently increases ones physical
understanding of the system.
Basic 1-Port Elements
A 1-port element is addressed through a single power
port and at the port a single pair of effort and flow
variables exists.
Here we consider the most primitive 1-ports, elements
that dissipate power, store energy, and supply power.
The 1-port resistor is an element in which effort and flow
variables at the single port are related by a static
function. Resistors dissipate energy. For passive
resistors, establish the power sign convention by means
of a half arrow pointing toward the resistor. Then the
linear resistance parameters will be positive, and the
nonlinear relations will fall in the first and third quadrants
of the e-f plane.
1-Port Resistor
Colon Notation
When the component is assumed to be linear, we
indicate this on the bond graph by appending a colon
next to the component, followed by a label.
Also, because the same type of component usually
occurs more than once in a given system, the colon
: notation is used to distinguish between multiple
instances of each component type. The symbol
preceding the colon refers to the component type,
while the symbol following the colon labels the
particular instance.
R:R
1
refers to a R component labeled R
1
.
1-Port Resistor
The 1-port capacitor or compliance is an element that
relates e to q. A static constitutive relation exists
between an effort and a displacement. Such a device
stores and gives up energy without loss.
The energy stored in capacitor at any time t is given by:
The energy stored can also be represented as:
The energy associated with a capacitor is called
potential (or electrical) energy.
( ) ( ) ( )
t
0
0
E t e t f t dt E = +
( ) ( )
0
q
0
q
E q e q dq E = +

1-Port Capacitor
1-Port Capacitor
Stored Energy
for a
1-Port Capacitor
The 1-port inertia is an element that relates p to f. A
static constitutive relation exists between a momentum
and a flow. Such a device stores and gives up energy
without loss.
The energy stored in an inertia at any time t is given by:
The energy associated with an inertia is called kinetic (or
magnetic) energy.
( ) ( )
0
p
0
p
E p f p dp E = +

1-Port Inertia
1-Port Inertia
Stored Energy
for a
1-Port Inertia
Tetrahedron
of
State
The effort source and flow source are simple 1-port
elements. In each case, an effort or flow is either
maintained constant, independent of the power supplied
or absorbed by the source, or constrained to be some
particular function of time.
A source maintains one of the power variables constant
or a specified function of time no matter how large the
other variable may be and so can supply an indefinitely
large amount of power.
Battery
connected to a
Variable
Resistance
Note: Ideal sources are
useful in modeling real
devices but should not
be expected to be
realistic models in all
power ranges unless
supplemented by other
multiports.
R
out
+
+
-
-
Ideal Voltage
Source
Output
Impedance
V
s
Real Voltage
Source
V
out
Ideal Current
Source
Output
Impedance
I
s
R
out
Real Current
Source
I
out
Linear Systems
R e rf
q
C e q f
c
p
I f p e
m
=
= =
= =

Example
Basic 2-Port Elements
Only two basic types of 2-port elements are required.
There are, of course, an unlimited number of 2-port
subsystems, but we need consider here only those
which cannot be modeled using the basic 1-port
elements and other elements we will define later.
The 2-port elements discussed here are ideal in the
sense that power is conserved at every instant of time.
Whenever power is flowing into one side of a 2-port
element, it is simultaneously flowing out of the other
side.
One 2-port element is a transformer. The constitutive
laws of an ideal 2-port transformer are:
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
1 2 1 2
1 1 2 2
e me mf f
e t f t e t f t
= =
=
m = transformer modulus
Transformers
F AP
AV Q
=
=
These are ideal
transformers and in
no case is the
physical device
exactly a transformer.
A = piston area
Actual models of the devices can be made using the
ideal transformer and other multiports to account for non-
ideal effects if these effects are important to the system
under study.
Another 2-port element is the gyrator. The constitutive
laws of an ideal 2-port gyrator are:
One can show that two gyrators cascaded are equivalent
to a transformer. In contrast, cascaded transformers are
equivalent only to another transformer.
Note that m and r do not have to be constant and so we
have modulated transformers and gyrators. Power is still
always conserved.
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
1 2 1 2
1 1 2 2
e rf rf e
e t f t e t f t
= =
=
r = gyrator modulus
Gyrators
e = TV
Ti = F
These are ideal gyrators and in no case is
the physical device exactly a gyrator.
Modulated Transformer
( ) ( )
( )
y
y sin
y cos or V cos
cos F
=
= =
=
Displacement-Modulated
Transformer
Power Conversion with Transformers and Gyrators
The effort and flow variables within each physical
domain have different units and therefore cannot be
directly connected.
However, since power is the universal currency of
physical systems, the power-converting bond-graph
components TF (generic transformer) and GY (generic
gyrator) provide a means for converting power and thus
connecting different domains.
The TF component generalizes an electrical
transformer, which has the property that the ratio of the
voltages (efforts) at the two terminals is the inverse of
the ratio of current, which is consistent with the fact that
the power is conserved, i.e., instantaneous power at the
input port equals instantaneous power at the output port
at each instant of time.
Gearbox
n = gear ratio
e
1
= ne
2
f
1
= nf
2
The GY component is the same as the TF component
insofar as power is conserved. The difference is that
flow at one port depends on effort at the other, and
vice versa.
The name gyrator arises from the property of a
gyroscope that angular velocity (flow) is converted into
torque (effort).
In the linear case, the TF and GY components have
the equations:
n and k are non-dimensional constants describing the
corresponding physical system.
In both cases, the input and output power is the same.
TF GY
e
1
= ne
2
f
1
= nf
2
e
2
= kf
1
e
1
= kf
2
DC Motor
k = back emf constant = torque constant
e
2
= kf
1
e
1
= kf
2
3-Port Junction Elements
There are two basic 3-port elements. These are also power
conserving. They allow all energy domains to be assembled
into overall system models. The 3-ports are called junctions,
since they serve to interconnect other multiports into
subsystem or system models. These 3-ports represent one
of the most fundamental ideas behind bond graph formalism.
The idea is to represent in multiport form the two types of
connections called series and parallel connections.
The first is the flow junction, 0-junction, or common effort
junction. The efforts on all bonds of a 0-junction are always
identical and the algebraic sum of the flows always vanishes.
Taken together, the equations imply that power on all the
bonds sums to zero. Power is neither dissipated nor stored.
The second is the effort junction, 1-junction, or common
flow junction. The 1-junction has a single flow, and the
sum of the effort variables on the bonds vanishes. As
with the 0-junction, the power on all bonds sum to zero.
Physical
Interpretation
of
0- and 1-junctions
in several domains
Basic 3-Ports
0-Junction
1-Junction
Summary of Basic 3-Ports
Examples of Systems
Involving
Basic 3-Ports
Note:
A 0-junction
has only a
single effort
and a 1-
junction has
only a single
flow,
independent of
the sign
convention.
0
common-effort
junction
1
common-flow
junction
e
1
= e
2
= e
3
f
1
f
2
f
3
= 0
f
1
= f
2
= f
3
e
1
e
2
e
3
= 0
Parallel Connection
Series Connection
f, v
x
1
, v
1
B
K
K
f, v
B
When two elements carry the same force they are
said to be connected in parallel. When two
elements have the same velocity they are said to be
in series.
Mechanical
Series & Parallel
Components
Summary
The symbols 0 and 1 are chosen to be neutral with
respect to the physical domain.
Example: Simple RCI System
Fluid Resistor
Pure and Ideal Fluid Resistor
Most fluid resistors are nonlinear.
A sharp-edged orifice is an example.
2 1
f
p p
q
R
=
2
2 1
2
1
p p q
2A
=
A
2
>> A
1
A pure and ideal fluid resistor behaves exactly like
a pure and ideal electrical resistor when the
voltage-pressure and current-flow analogy is used.
Fluid Capacitor
Fluid capacitors are found in numerous hydraulic
and pneumatic systems. Examples include
reservoirs, pressurized tanks, spring-loaded
accumulators, and air-charged accumulators.
An open reservoir is often used in a hydraulic
system as a capacitor.
A spring-loaded accumulator is another example.
dh
q A Conservation of Mass
dt
ghA
p gh pressure at the tank bottom
A
=
= =
f
dh 1 dp
dt g dt
A dp
q
g dt
dp
q C
dt
=

=
In this spring-loaded
accumulator, a spring rather
than gravity provides the
pressure increase. A volume
flow rate entering the bottom of
the tank causes the spring to
compress a distance x. This
increases the pressure p in the
tank.
dx
q A Conservation of Mass
dt
kx
p pressure in the tank
A
=
=
2
f
dx A dp
dt k dt
A dp
q
k dt
dp
q C
dt
=

=

=
The energy stored in a fluid capacitor is given by:
Fluid Inductor
A mass of fluid is quite similar to a solid mass in
motion. The fluid mass has inertia and a force is
required to accelerate or decelerate the fluid.
2
f
1
E C p
2
=
Consider an ideal (no viscosity
and hence no friction forces)
incompressible fluid in an
unsteady (flow velocity is not a
constant) flow through a pipe.
The fluid mass is A, the net force acting on the
mass is A(p
2
p
1
), and the acceleration of the fluid
mass is dU/dt.
From Newtons 2
nd
Law
A pure and ideal fluid inductor behaves exactly
like a pure and ideal electrical inductor.
The energy stored in a fluid inductor is given by:
( )
2 1
2 1
2 1 f
dU
A p p A
dt
dU dq
p p
dt A dt
dq
p p L
dt
=
= =
=
2
f
1
E L q
2
=
Causality Considerations for the Basic Multiports
Some of the basic multiports are heavily constrained with
respect to possible causalities, some are relatively
indifferent to causality, and some exhibit their constitutive
laws in quite different forms for different causalities.
Causality for Basic 1-Ports
A source impresses either an effort or flow time history
upon whatever system is connected to it.
In the linear case, with a finite slope of the e-f
characteristic, the 1-port resistor is indifferent to the
causality imposed on it.
In considering the causality of the 1-port capacitance and
the 1-port inertia, integral causality and derivative causality
result.
Causal Forms for Basic 1-Ports
The bond-graph
representation is acausal and
represents an equation. The
addition of a causal stroke
assigns the input and output
of each R component. This
causal assignment is not part
of the initial modeling but is
added later. Bond-graph
components are reusable
within different causal
contexts, whereas block
diagram components are not.
The causal stroke
perpendicular end bar
indicates the direction in
which the effort signal is
directed.
Integral causality
Derivative causality
Derivative causality
Integral causality
Causality for Basic 2-Ports and 3-Ports
For a transformer, there are only two possible causality
assignments . As soon as an e or f has been assigned as
an input to the transformer, the other e or f is constrained to
be an output.
Similarly for the gyrator, as soon as the causality for one
bond has been determined, that for the other is also.
The causal properties of the 3-port 0-junction and 1-junction
are somewhat similar to those of the basic 2-ports.
Although each bond of the 3-ports, considered alone, could
have either of two possible causalities assigned, not all
combinations of bond causalities are permitted by the
constitutive relations of the element.
Only when some real system models have been assembled
is it clear why causal information is so important.
Causal Forms for Basic 2-Ports and 3-Ports
For a 3-port 0-junction there are only three different
permissible candidates in which each of the three bonds
in succession plays the role assigned to bond 1 in the
previous table. For a n-port 0-junction this description of
the constraints on causality is still valid and there are
exactly n different permissible causal assignments.
For a 3-port 1-junction the same considerations apply as
for a 3-port 0-junction except that the roles of the efforts
and flows are interchanged. Clearly, there are three
permissible causalities for a 3-port 1-junction, and there
are n permissible different causal assignments for a n-
port 1-junction.
Causality and Block Diagrams
Block diagrams indicate input and output quantities for
each block and thus are inherently causal.
When causal strokes are added to a bond graph, one
may represent the information by a block diagram.
It should be possible to correlate the signal flow paths in
the block diagrams with the equations in the tables and
with the bond graph representation.
Note that when one rigorously maintains the spatial
arrangements with efforts above and to the left of bonds
and flows below and to the right, the block diagrams
have fixed patterns.
Block diagrams are more complex graphically than bond
graphs because a single bond implies two signal flows.
Block diagrams have an unfortunate drawback; they
represent assignment statements rather than equations.
A block diagram cannot be drawn until the inputs and
outputs of each component are specified.
Block Diagrams
for
1-Ports
Block Diagrams
for
2-Ports
Block Diagrams
for
3-Ports
System Causality
RCI System
The 0 junction corresponds to the 1
st
summation block.
The 1 junction corresponds to the 2
nd
summation block.
Interconnected
Drive Train
Model:
Bond Graph
and
Block Diagram
Exercises
Draw block diagrams for the following bond graphs ,
assuming that all 1-ports are linear.
System Models
We are now ready to model the world armed with our
bond-graph arsenal of C, I, R, S
e
, S
f
, 0, 1, TF, and GY.
However, it is not true that every system you may
encounter will be reducible to a simple bond graph. But
the number of physical systems which can be
represented by a bond graph is amazingly very large.
We initially will look at single-energy-domain systems,
i.e., systems that involve only one type of power, e.g.,
electrical, mechanical, hydraulic.
Devices involving two or more types of power have
transducer elements coupling the different energy
domains.
Electrical Systems
Any electrical circuit can be modeled by a bond graph
containing elements of the set {0, 1, C, I, R, S
e
, S
f
}.
Notice that the elements TF and GY are not included. That
is because these elements are properly used in
representing electrical networks, a more general class than
circuits.
First we will model circuits, then networks.
So the question is how do we use the junction elements to
construct an overall bond graph model of an electrical
circuit. Sometimes for simple circuits it is easy to
recognize that some elements have the same current
(flow) and others have the same voltage (effort). For these
circuits, bond graph construction can be accomplished by
inspection.
Simple Electric Circuit
To arrive at the bond graph, we proceed as follows:
C and R
1
have the same voltage and thus are attached to
the same 0-junction.
L and R
2
have the same current and so are attached to
the same 1-junction.
The bond joining the 0-junction and 1-junction enforces
the fact that the current through the inductor is the sum of
the currents through the capacitor and resistor R
1
.
All the 1-port R, C, and I elements have the power half-
arrows defined such that whenever the voltage drop
across the element is in the direction defined as positive
and the current is simultaneously in the defined positive
direction, the power is flowing into the element. We
always define positive power directions for R, C, and I
such that this is true.
Most of the time, electric circuits are too complex to model
by inspection. There may be parts that are obviously in
series or parallel (common current or common voltage), but
constructing the overall bond graph model is much easier if
a procedure can be followed that ensures success
regardless of the complexity of the circuit.
So lets develop a fool-proof circuit construction procedure
with the aid of an example.
Step 1: Assign a power convention to the circuit schematic.
This step must always be done. Show the positive
voltage drop and current directions. For the I, R, and C
elements, the positive voltage drop is shown in the
same direction as the positive current. This ensures
that power is directed inward on the corresponding bond
graph element.
For the source elements, it is not critical which
directions are chosen for positive voltage drop and
positive current. If positive current is defined such that
the current moves uphill against positive voltage,
then positive power will come from the source into the
rest of the circuit. If either the positive voltage
direction or current direction is chosen in the opposite
direction, then positive power will be absorbed by the
source.
Step 2: Label each node voltage on the circuit schematic
and use a 0-junction to represent each node voltage.
A node voltage is the voltage above and below or the
left and right of each circuit element. Label the node
voltages using letters. Every bond that touches a
particular 0-junction has an identical voltage.
Step 3: Establish the positive voltage drops across the
elements using the 1-junctions.
Remember that 1-junctions add efforts (voltages)
according to the power convention. By properly
directing the half arrows on 1-junctions, the proper
voltage drop can be established across each bond
graph element.
Step 4: Remove all bonds that have zero power.
Before the bond graph can be used for equation
derivation or simulation, the reference voltage must be
established. Our reference is e
e
and it is zero since it is
the ground voltage. Since every bond that touches a 0-
junction has the identical voltage, all bonds inside the
curve on the figure have zero voltage and each of those
bonds carries no power.
We can either append an effort source of zero voltage
to one of the 0-junctions representing e
e
, or we can
simply erase all the bonds that carry no power.
Step 5: Simplify the bond graph by using the bond graph
identities.
This is not an absolutely necessary step. By
removing the 0-junctions and 1-junctions with a
through power convention, a much neater picture
emerges.
Also the loop structure e
b
to e
c
has been reduced.
We establish the voltage drop e
b
-e
c
once, and then
attach I and C elements associated with L
1
and C
2
to a 0-junction constrained to have this voltage drop.
Electric Circuit Example
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
Exercise
Consider the Wheatstone bridge. This circuit is
typically used with strain gages as the resistive
elements, R
1
through R
4
, and the voltage across the
load resistance, R
L
, is the output that is indicative of
any change in the bridge resistances.
Step 1 is completed. Construct the bond graph.
Electrical Networks
An electrical network is an extension of electrical circuits
to include transformers and gyrators.
An electrical transformer is a common electromagnetic
device used to step voltages up or down while doing the
opposite to current.
Electrical gyrators are exhibited in Hall effect transducers
where voltage across a semiconductor material is related
to a current through the material perpendicular to the
voltage drop direction.
The basic rules for bond graph construction remain
unchanged.
The figure shows the electrical symbol for a transducer
where N indicates the turns ratio across the device.
Positive voltage drops and current directions are chosen
such that positive power is into the device on the left side
and out of the device on the right side.
An electrical network with an isolating transformer is
shown below. Positive voltage drops and current
directions are shown. Notice that positive power flows in
on the left side of the transformer and out on the right
side.
State-Space Equations
Bond graphs are an acausal representation. By
assigning a causal stroke to each bond, a causal
representation can be generated.
The causally complete model can be converted into
other causal representations such as state-space
equations and block diagrams.
The causal strokes on a bond graph provide sign posts
to guide the generation of state-space equations and
block diagrams. State-space equations can be
generated by hand.
Causal Assignment
Abstracting the physical system as an acausal bond
graph provides a complete description of the
corresponding model.
There are many ways of representing the system as a
set of equations. The state-space representation for
system analysis and simulation is preferred.
For proper causal completion, which will result in a
set of explicit assignment statements, it is necessary
that exactly one bond impose a flow on each 1
junction.
Similarly, exactly one bond must impose an effort on
each 0 junction.
The causality of TF and GY components is also subject
to constraints if self-consistent models are to be
generated. In particular, causality is transmitted
unaltered through TF components, that is, one
impinging bond imposes effort (flow), while the other
has effort (flow) imposed on it.
Causality is reversed through a GY component so that
both impinging bonds impose effort (or flow) and have
flow (or effort) imposed on them.
Within these guidelines, causality can be assigned
arbitrarily.
After specifying the causality at the external interfaces, it
is generally advisable for the modeler to specify the
preferred causality of the system C and I components,
which may have integral or derivative causality.
For simulation or state-space representations,
integral causality is usually preferable since it
leads to ordinary differential equations.
Bond graphs can help engineers decide which
approximations are useful before generating the
equations, e.g., deciding whether to model a shaft
connecting two rotating masses as either rigid or
compliant.
Steps:
Identify the states
The system states are the
integrated flows q associated
with C components and the
integrated efforts p associated
with the I components, in integral
causality. Here, they are q
1
and
p
1
.
Write state derivatives in terms
of states and inputs
Write outputs in terms of states
and inputs
1 1
0
1
dq p
f
dt m
=
1 1 1
1 1
1 1
dp q p
r e
dt c m
=
1 1
1 0
1 1
p q
f e
m c
= =
1 1
c c o 1 1
1
1 1 1
m m o r 1 o r 1 1 1
1 1
dq p
f f f f f
dt m
dp q p
e e e e e e e r f r
dt c m
= = =
= = = = =
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