Description

Class which defines a contact surface for FEA elements.

Suitable for cable and beam elements, it uses one or more capsules per element (depending on the number of nodes).

#include <ChContactSurfaceSegmentSet.h>

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Public Member Functions
	ChContactSurfaceSegmentSet (std::shared_ptr< ChContactMaterial > material, ChMesh *mesh=nullptr)

void	AddSegment (std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > node1, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz > node2, bool owns_node1, bool owns_node2, double sphere_swept=0.0)
	Add the segment specified by the two given XYZ nodes to this contact surface. More...

void	AddSegment (std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyzrot > node1, std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyzrot > node2, bool owns_node1, bool owns_node2, double sphere_swept=0.0)
	Add the segment specified by the two given XYZRot nodes to this contact surface. More...

void	AddAllSegments (const ChMesh &mesh, double sphere_swept=0.0)
	Utility function to add segments for all 1D elements of the specified FEA mesh to this collision set.

std::vector< std::shared_ptr< ChContactSegmentXYZ > > &	GetSegmentsXYZ ()
	Get the list of segments.

std::vector< std::shared_ptr< ChContactSegmentXYZRot > > &	GetSegmentsXYZRot ()
	Get the list of segments for nodes with rotational DOFs.

unsigned int	GetNumSegments () const
	Get the total number of segments.

virtual void	SyncCollisionModels () const override

virtual void	AddCollisionModelsToSystem (ChCollisionSystem *coll_sys) const override

virtual void	RemoveCollisionModelsFromSystem (ChCollisionSystem *coll_sys) const override

Public Member Functions inherited from chrono::fea::ChContactSurface
	ChContactSurface (std::shared_ptr< ChContactMaterial > 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).

void	DisableSelfCollisions (int family)
	Disable self-collisions (default: enabled). More...

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

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Attributes inherited from chrono::fea::ChContactSurface
std::shared_ptr< ChContactMaterial >	m_material
	contact material properties

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

bool	m_self_collide
	include self-collisions?

int	m_collision_family
	collision family (if no self-collisions)

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddSegment() [1/2]

void chrono::fea::ChContactSurfaceSegmentSet::AddSegment	(	std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	node1,
		std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyz >	node2,
		bool	owns_node1,
		bool	owns_node2,
		double	sphere_swept = `0.0`
	)

Add the segment specified by the two given XYZ nodes to this contact surface.

Parameters

node1	segment node1
node2	segment node2
owns_node1	collision segment owns node1
owns_node2	collision segment owns node2
sphere_swept	thickness (radius of sweeping sphere)

◆ AddSegment() [2/2]

void chrono::fea::ChContactSurfaceSegmentSet::AddSegment	(	std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyzrot >	node1,
		std::shared_ptr< ChNodeFEAxyzrot >	node2,
		bool	owns_node1,
		bool	owns_node2,
		double	sphere_swept = `0.0`
	)

Add the segment specified by the two given XYZRot nodes to this contact surface.

Parameters

node1	segment node1
node2	segment node2
owns_node1	collision segment owns node1
owns_node2	collision segment owns node2
sphere_swept	thickness (radius of sweeping sphere)

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

/builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono/fea/ChContactSurfaceSegmentSet.h
/builds/uwsbel/chrono/src/chrono/fea/ChContactSurfaceSegmentSet.cpp

Description

Public Member Functions

Additional Inherited Members

Member Function Documentation

◆ AddSegment() [1/2]

◆ AddSegment() [2/2]