ContactForceT_Slider class

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Description

This is a sub-class of the ContactForceT class for the implementation of the Simple Slider tangent contact force model.

This model assumes that the tangent contact force has only a friction component $F_{t}^{f}$, provided by a slider.

$$\left \{ F_{t} \right \} = -F_{t}^{f} \{-\hat{t}\}$$

$$F_{t}^{f} = \mu \left | F_{n} \right |$$

The friction coefficient $\mu$ must be provided.

Notation:

$\hat{t}$: Tangent direction between elements

$F_{n}$: Normal contact force vector

References:

classdef ContactForceT_Slider < ContactForceT

Public properties

    properties (SetAccess = public, GetAccess = public)
        % Contact parameters
        fric double = double.empty;   % friction coefficient
    end

Constructor method

    methods
        function this = ContactForceT_Slider()
            this = this@ContactForceT(ContactForceT.SLIDER);
            this = this.setDefaultProps();
        end
    end

Public methods: implementation of super-class declarations

    methods
        %------------------------------------------------------------------
        function this = setDefaultProps(this)

        end

        %------------------------------------------------------------------
        function this = setCteParams(this,~)

        end

        %------------------------------------------------------------------
        function this = evalForce(this,int)
            % Force modulus (friction contribution only)
            if (~isempty(int.cforcen))
                f = this.fric * norm(int.cforcen.total_force);
            else
                f = 0;
            end

            % Total tangential force vector (against deformation and motion)
            this.total_force = -f * int.kinemat.dir_t;
        end
    end

end


Published with MATLAB® R2019b