A METHOD TO RESOLVE AMBIGUITIES IN CORNER-CORNER INTERACTIONS BETWEENPOLYGONS IN THE CONTEXT OF MOTION SIMULATIONS

Authors
KRISHNASAMY J JAKIELA MJ
Citation
J. Krishnasamy et Mj. Jakiela, A METHOD TO RESOLVE AMBIGUITIES IN CORNER-CORNER INTERACTIONS BETWEENPOLYGONS IN THE CONTEXT OF MOTION SIMULATIONS, Engineering computations, 12(2), 1995, pp. 135-144
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Application, Chemistry & Engineering",Mathematics,"Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Engineering, Mechanical",Mechanics,Mathematics,"Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal title
Engineering computations → ACNP
ISSN journal
02644401
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
135 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-4401(1995)12:2<135:AMTRAI>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The motion of systems of polygonal objects is characterized by discont inuities due to changes in the set of contacts between polygons. Effec tive simulations of such a motion requires a simulation scheme that ca n automatically update the set of contacts during the simulation. This article focuses on a contact updating problem that arises when a pena lty based contact model is used. A penalty based model requires a fini te overlap of contacting polygons. This overlap results in ambiguities in characterizing corner-corner contact between polygons. A simple ye t effective scheme to overcome such ambiguities is presented.