[ODE] Possible solution to unstable rotating bodies problem

Erin Catto erincatto at sbcglobal.net
Wed Apr 6 21:58:45 MST 2005


In my engine I don't include the inertia torque term: cross(omega, I*omega).
Without this term you get conservation of angular velocity rather than
conservation of angular momentum. This leads to greatly increased stability
at the cost of decreased accuracy.

I wrote about this in my GDC paper.

Erin
http://www.gphysics.com




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