A method to resolve ambiguities in corner-corner interactions between polygons in the context of motion simulations

  • Jayaraman Krishnasamy
  • , Mark J. Jakiela

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Abstract

The motion of systems of polygonal objects is characterized by discontinuities due to changes in the set of contacts between polygons. Effective simulations of such a motion requires a simulation scheme that can automatically update the set of contacts during the simulation. This article focuses on a contact updating problem that arises when a penalty based contact model is used. A penalty based model requires a finite overlap of contacting polygons. This overlap results in ambiguities in characterizing corner-corner contact between polygons. A simple yet effective scheme to overcome such ambiguities is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)135-144
Number of pages10
JournalEngineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 1995

Keywords

  • Contact updating Corner-corner contact

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