On 19 April 2010 10:06, Jerome Duriez <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > chiara modenese a écrit : > > Hi Jerome, >> say that you want a constant normal force at the interaction and meanwhile >> you apply a shear force. If you do not apply damping (hereby in the normal >> direction) your bodies would bounce and the normal force would not be >> constant.. >> > Ok. I was maybe too categoric but I had the feeling by reading your mail > that it was only damping which let you obtain an equilibrium solution (which > would be not possible physically without damping). It seems I misunderstood. > Yes, you reach the equilibrium anyway, it is just that without damping you don't "stay" but you go on oscillating. > So the best is what Vaclav adviced : set both bodies as non-dynamic. You > will then control directly all the features (relative displacement and > consequently forces) of the interaction. Oh yes, I think it is best to force displacements than apply forces in this case. I try. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~yade-users<https://launchpad.net/%7Eyade-users> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~yade-users<https://launchpad.net/%7Eyade-users> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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