calculate impulse of impact manually

almatea
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calculate impulse of impact manually

Post by almatea »

How to calculate impulse of impact point manually? What is formula to do it?

I need analog for m_appliedImpulse of btManifoldPoint.
winspear
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Re: calculate impulse of impact manually

Post by winspear »

Newtons second law my friend.
Force is nothing but the rate of change of linear momentum in inertial frame.

So F = dP / dT = d(mV)/ dt = m * dV/ dt since mass can be assumed to be constant for a rigid body.

Momentum P = m * V

P = Momentum
dV / dt = rate of change of velocity = acceleration = a
V = velocity
m = mass