A mathematical framework for contact detection between quadric and superquadric surfaces

The calculation of the minimum distance between surfaces plays an important role in computational mechanics, namely, in the study of constrained multibody systems where contact forces take part. In this paper, a general rigid contact detection methodology for non-conformal bodies, described by ellip...

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Main Author: Lopes, Daniel S. (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Miguel T. (author), Ambrósio, Jorge A. (author), Flores, Paulo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/23441
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/23441