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by Muda
22 Feb 2019, 15:41
Forum: General questions
Topic: How to simulate a tether in an underwater tank
Replies: 4
Views: 4983

Re: How to simulate a tether in an underwater tank

Hello, simulating a fluid is not that simple, and you will have to fake things by adding gravitation-compensation forces, and drag forces. Have a look how things were done in the HCM-R5 robot ( models/robots/mobile/HCM-R5.ttm ). There is a demo scene on buoyancy here . Additionally, have a look her...
by Muda
20 Feb 2019, 15:47
Forum: General questions
Topic: How to simulate a tether in an underwater tank
Replies: 4
Views: 4983

How to simulate a tether in an underwater tank

Hi, I am trying to see how a tether would behave underwater if it is attached to an ROV that does a preset motion (like a spiral downwards). To create the tether I am going to use cylinders with spherical joints. Currently I am stuck on how to create a water tank (5 m x 5 m x 5 m) that will provide ...