Optimization based approach for determining whether a set of elementary contacts is geometrically feasible

Barry B. Goeree, Ernest D. Fasse, Michael M. Marefat

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Abstract

The contact between two polyhedral objects can be represented with a set of elementary contacts - surface-vertex and edge-edge contacts. However, not all possible contact representations are geometrically possible. An equivalent optimization problem is posed to verify geometric feasibility. A steepest descent algorithm has been implemented and applied to two test cases - one feasible and one infeasible contact representation. The results of this work can be used to implement a predicate that verifies whether a contact representation is geometrically possible. The predicate can be used in a generate-and-test paradigm to synthesize the entire contact space.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC
PublisherASME
Pages883-889
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)0791816346
StatePublished - 1999
EventDynamic Systems and Control Division - 1999 (The ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition) - Nashville, TN, USA
Duration: Nov 14 1999Nov 19 1999

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Dynamic Systems and Control Division (Publication) DSC
Volume67

Other

OtherDynamic Systems and Control Division - 1999 (The ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition)
CityNashville, TN, USA
Period11/14/9911/19/99

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Mechanical Engineering

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