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Rotational Resistance

Asked by Ataollah Nateghi

Hello
I am trying to apply very simplified rotational resistance approach proposed by Teufelsbaure in my model. In this approach I am trying to multiply the angular velocity of each particle in all directions by a constant coefficient (something close to 0.99) in each iteration.

w(i+1)x,y,z=A*w(i)x,y,z A=0.99

I am trying to use RotationEnigne however, I am wondering how can assign rotational velocity of a particle from last iteration to it.(Do you think RotationEngine works or I should use another way?)
If it works should I use separate RotationEnigne for each direction or I can apply all in one?
By the way I am very new Python user.
Thanks in advance
Ataollah

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Best Jérôme Duriez (jduriez) said : 		#1

Hi,

For such a task, you first need to define for each corresponding particle "b" :
b.state.blockedDOFs = 'XYZ' (see [1])

so that you can control directly these angular velocities instead of them being affected by resulting torques (if I understood correctly what you want to achieve)

Then, I think you just have to include some PyRunner [2] engine in your engine list (at the end of O.engines, typically) defined as
O.engines = [..........., PyRunner(iterPeriod = 1,command = 'trickRotation()')]

with this trickRotation() Python function defined elsewhere as

def trickRotation():
    for b in theListOfParticlesYouWantToPlayWith:
          b.state.angVel = 0.99 * b.state.angVel # that's all you need to do to update this velocity !

Jerome

[1] https://yade-dem.org/doc/yade.wrapper.html#yade.wrapper.State.blockedDOFs
[2] https://yade-dem.org/doc/yade.wrapper.html#yade.wrapper.PyRunner

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Ataollah Nateghi (anateghi) said : 		#2

Thanks Jérôme Duriez, that solved my question.