Thanks!
Two questions.
1, Without losing generality, can the rod be treated as two particles connected by a massless rod?
2, I assume that it does not matter whether I rotate or translate the rod first at each iteration, yes?
The force is -∇P at every point in the two-dimensional domain, while
P=qψ.
In this context, P is the potential energy, which is known and ψ is the potential. q would be a constant, which could be the mass, charge or whatever. I can set it to be anything, but it is a real constant. I set Δt...
Hi,
I'd like to write a program that "simulates" a rigid rod of length L moving in a potential field. The problem is in two dimensions. Friction is assumed to be negligible. The potential field and its gradient is known at every point of the two-dimensional domain.
The "mass" of the rod...