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Re: Contact damping

 

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> Q: I need a sort of equivalent mass to do it, which is something like
> (as in PFC):
> m=m1*m2/(m1+m2)
> the only thing is that if the contact is between a ball and a box (say
> in the triaxial) then this would not work. Is it possible in the contact
> law to discern between bodies shape? Maybe simply pointing to shape.get()?

Why it will not work?
m=m1*m2/(m1+m2) is 1/m=1/m1+1/m2,
so if box have infinity mass (m2) it will 1/m=1/m1, for example. No?

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Sergei D.



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