How to get friction forces and support forces as vectors from Spatial Contact Force?

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Xiaoxing Zhang
Xiaoxing Zhang on 23 Nov 2020
Answered: Vasco Lenzi on 30 Nov 2020
Hello. I use 'Spatial Contact Force' to model the interaction between a ball and a plane in Simscape Multibody. The output of contact force is scalar. How can I get the vectors of normal support forces and friction forces? Thanks!

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Vasco Lenzi
Vasco Lenzi on 30 Nov 2020
hi XiaoXing
th output of the block are just magnitude. You can "create" a vecotr yourself by combining a Transform Sensor (to get the angles and rotations between two frames) with the output of the Spatial Contact Forces and some trigonometry.

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