Description

Base class for specifying material properties for contact force generation.

#include <ChContactMaterial.h>

Inheritance diagram for chrono::ChContactMaterial:

Public Member Functions
virtual ChContactMaterial *	Clone () const =0
	"Virtual" copy constructor.

virtual ChContactMethod	GetContactMethod () const =0

void	SetStaticFriction (float val)
	Set the static friction coefficient. More...

float	GetStaticFriction () const
	Get the static friction coefficient.

void	SetSlidingFriction (float val)
	Set the sliding (kinetic) friction coefficient.

float	GetSlidingFriction () const
	Get the sliding friction coefficient.

void	SetFriction (float val)
	Set both static friction and sliding friction at once, with same value.

void	SetRollingFriction (float val)
	Set the rolling friction coefficient (default: 0). More...

float	GetRollingFriction () const
	Get the rolling friction coefficient.

void	SetSpinningFriction (float val)
	Set the spinning friction coefficient (default: 0). More...

float	GetSpinningFriction () const
	Get the roliung friction coefficient.

void	SetRestitution (float val)
	Set the ormal coefficient of restitution (default: 0). More...

float	GetRestitution () const
	Get the coefficient of restitution.

virtual void	ArchiveOut (ChArchiveOut &archive_out)
	Method to allow serialization of transient data to archives.

virtual void	ArchiveIn (ChArchiveIn &archive_in)
	Method to allow deserialization of transient data from archives.

Static Public Member Functions
static std::shared_ptr< ChContactMaterial >	DefaultMaterial (ChContactMethod contact_method)
	Construct and return a contact material of the specified type with default properties.

Public Attributes
float	static_friction
	static coefficient of friction

float	sliding_friction
	sliding coefficient of friction

float	rolling_friction
	rolling coefficient of friction

float	spinning_friction
	spinning coefficient of friction

float	restitution
	coefficient of restitution

Protected Member Functions
	ChContactMaterial (const ChContactMaterial &other)

Member Function Documentation

void chrono::ChContactMaterial::SetRestitution ( float val )

inline

Set the ormal coefficient of restitution (default: 0).

In the range [0,1].

void chrono::ChContactMaterial::SetRollingFriction ( float val )

inline

Set the rolling friction coefficient (default: 0).

Usually around 1E-3.

void chrono::ChContactMaterial::SetSpinningFriction ( float val )

inline

Set the spinning friction coefficient (default: 0).

Usually around 1E-3.

void chrono::ChContactMaterial::SetStaticFriction ( float val )

inline

Set the static friction coefficient.

Usually in 0..1 range, rarely above. Default 0.6.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files: