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ContactEngineering / ContactMechanics

Contact mechanics using elastic half-space methods
https://contactengineering.github.io/ContactMechanics/
MIT License
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ENH: Scanning probe emulation #51

Closed pastewka closed 2 years ago

pastewka commented 2 years ago

This PR emulated "scanning" of line scans with rigid tip

sannant commented 2 years ago

grafik

The result doesn't make completely sense to me. Shouldn't the kink be where the sphere is touching two flanks of mountains at the same time ?

Ah no wait it just looks confusing. the kink is actually at the lowest tip of the sphere..,

pastewka commented 2 years ago

Isn't that where the cusp is?

sannant commented 2 years ago

Yes sorry. This representation is better: grafik

pastewka commented 2 years ago

It may make sense to move the dashed line up by the tip radius

pastewka commented 2 years ago

Yes sorry. This representation is better: grafik

Yes, exactly!

pastewka commented 2 years ago

Hi @AntoineSIMTEK - can this be merged?

sannant commented 2 years ago

Yes I was just waiting on the tests to pas