[ODE] Angular velocity and friction.

Roel van Dijk roelvandijk at home.nl
Wed Feb 25 18:16:47 MST 2004


On Wednesday 25 February 2004 16:59, John White wrote:
> What do I need to add for the ball to lose energy and eventually come to
"Q How do I stop things from rolling off into infinity, or pendulums from 
swinging forever?
A ODE models a universe with frictionless hinges and no rolling friction, so 
problems like those are fairly common. The solution is to apply a force to 
simulate RollingFrictionOrAerodynamicDrag."

http://q12.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?RollingFrictionOrAerodynamicDrag


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