3 papers
cs.RO2023
Towards a generalizable simulation framework to study collisions between spacecraft and debris
Simone Asci, Angadh Nanjangud
In recent years, computer simulators of rigid-body systems have been successfully used to improve and expand the field of developing new space robots, becoming a leading tool for t…
cs.RO2023
Leveraging Symbolic Algebra Systems to Simulate Contact Dynamics in Rigid Body Systems
Simone Asci, Angadh Nanjangud
Collision detection plays a key role in the simulation of interacting rigid bodies. However, owing to its computational complexity current methods typically prioritize either maxim…
physics.class-ph2018
Geometry of motion and nutation stability of free axisymmetric variable mass systems
Angadh Nanjangud
In classical mechanics, the 'geometry of motion' refers to a development to visualize the motion of freely spinning bodies. In this paper, such an approach of studying the rotation…