Implementing contact pressure in ElasticFoundationForce
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:20 pm
Dear OpenSim Team,
I am currently working on a project that involves modeling of ankle joint contact. I found that there is a built-in class called "ealsticFoundationForce" and I also checked a few examples of using this class. However, based on my understanding, I found this class only allows output of resultant contact forces on the contact surface. However, this is not convenient for the purpose of model validation and visualization of contact pressure. I was wondering if there is a way to output the penentration (deformation of each spring located in the center each contact triangular face) on each contact triangluar surface? Please give me some suggestions on what source files should I modify to achieve this?
I look forward to your reply.
Thanks,
Tao
I am currently working on a project that involves modeling of ankle joint contact. I found that there is a built-in class called "ealsticFoundationForce" and I also checked a few examples of using this class. However, based on my understanding, I found this class only allows output of resultant contact forces on the contact surface. However, this is not convenient for the purpose of model validation and visualization of contact pressure. I was wondering if there is a way to output the penentration (deformation of each spring located in the center each contact triangular face) on each contact triangluar surface? Please give me some suggestions on what source files should I modify to achieve this?
I look forward to your reply.
Thanks,
Tao