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[Question #691680]: sphere-wall contact direction

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New question #691680 on Yade:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/691680

Hi all, 

As we all know, contact normal orientation between a sphere and a wall/facet is perpendicular to the wall/facet.

I want to know if a sphere hits the wall in an inclined direction (that is to say, the sphere didn't hit the wall in the perpendicular direction), is the contact normal orientation still perpendicular to the wall?

I know this is a silly and fundamental question, I just want to make sure the contact normal orientation between the wall and spheres is always perpendicular to the wall, no matter the sphere hits the wall in any directions.


best, 

Yong
 

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