Coefficient of Restitution

Discussion in 'Simulation' started by Henrique G., Mar 15, 2017.

  1. Hi!

    Is it possible to impose a fixed coefficient of restitution between two bodies?

    Regards.
     
  2. Emo Todorov

    Emo Todorov Administrator Staff Member

    The solref and solimp parameters can be adjusted to obtain different restitution effects but they are not in one-to-one correspondence with the notion of restitution, and it is generally not possible to guarantee a fixed coefficient of restitution.

    You can make contacts more bouncy by increasing the second parameter in solref; it corresponds to a damping coefficient: 1 = critical damping, less than 1 = under-damped, more than 1 = over-damped.
     
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  3. Hi,

    I tried to tune the values of solref and solimp, but the bounce is very unstable. And I couldn't understand why...

    Here is the model.
     

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    Last edited: Apr 7, 2017