Calculating Contact Force

Submitted by fabregas04 on Sun, 03/31/2019 - 23:04

Hi all,

I already read the documentation about the contact model but I still can't get it.

(https://www.cfdem.com/media/DEM/docu/gran_model_hertz.html)

I understand the equation about the contact force but how can we calculate the normal overlap, tangential overlap,

normal relative vel, tangential relative vel in the LIGGGHTS?

I searched the code 'contact_model_hertz.h' for detail but can't understand how those are calculated.

Can anyone explain this for me?