On 21 June 2010 09:32, Bruno Chareyre <bruno.chare...@hmg.inpg.fr> wrote:
> > >> In fact, this will be a problem for me. Capillary law is one specific case >> and has been computed, if I get it right, as a separate constitutive >> relationship. However, there are laws where fn can be zero and a stiffness >> has to be consider since the contact still remains as the contact area is >> finite. >> > Are you really sure you will get _exactly_ force=0 on an existing contact? > The only way I think is to write fn=0, otherwise it will always be 0.0000... > If one day, no luck, one existing contact has zero force, you will just miss > just one contact in the full packing. Really not a big deal. I would not > worry about that. Not sure it will be exactly zero, in fact. However not a big deal as you suggest. I am not sure anyway this would involve only one contact but probably not that many... Thanks, chiara > > > Bruno > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~yade-dev<https://launchpad.net/%7Eyade-dev> > Post to : yade-dev@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~yade-dev<https://launchpad.net/%7Eyade-dev> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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