Description

Base class for contact surfaces in FEA meshes.

Actual collision geometry is provided by derived classes (ChContactSurfaceNodeCloud or ChContactSurfaceMesh).

#include <ChContactSurface.h>

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Public Member Functions
	ChContactSurface (std::shared_ptr< ChMaterialSurface > material, ChPhysicsItem *mesh=nullptr)

ChPhysicsItem *	GetPhysicsItem ()
	Get the owner physics item (e.g., an FEA mesh).

void	SetPhysicsItem (ChPhysicsItem *physics_item)
	Set the owner physics item (e.g., an FEA mesh).

std::shared_ptr< ChMaterialSurface > &	GetMaterialSurface ()
	Get the surface contact material.

virtual void	SurfaceSyncCollisionModels ()=0

virtual void	SurfaceAddCollisionModelsToSystem (ChSystem *msys)=0

virtual void	SurfaceRemoveCollisionModelsFromSystem (ChSystem *msys)=0

Protected Attributes
std::shared_ptr< ChMaterialSurface >	m_material
	contact material properties

ChPhysicsItem *	m_physics_item
	associated physics item (e.g., an FEA mesh)

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

Public Member Functions