mechanisms.components¶

Components: storage (springs), dissipation (dampers), inertance (masses) and sources.

Modules

`base`	Component base class: something acting on one coordinate, of one of four kinds.
`constrained`	Constrained elements: springs and dampers that act along one direction n only (a cart).
`dissipation`	Dissipation components: dampers with f(y, ẏ) and f·ẏ ≤ 0.
`gated`	A gate on an element: its force times a number between 0 and 1.
`inertance`	Inertance components: masses and inertias, with kinetic energy ½ ẏᵀ M ẏ.
`locomotion`	Locomotion components: springs whose stiffness follows the phase of a gait.
`sources`	Source components: forces whose power is metered in the energy accounting.
`storage`	Storage components: springs with an energy V(y) ≥ 0 and the force f = −∂V/∂y.