How do I keep to solid objects from passing through each other

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I am trying to set up a simulation of a bouncing ball for my students, yet my ball keeps passing through my floor how do I prevent this? I have attached my model
thanks in advanced
george marrash
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Furkan ARPACI
Furkan ARPACI on 17 Dec 2019
Edited: Furkan ARPACI on 17 Dec 2019
I'm assuming you have already put a sphere-to-plane block in your system. If you haven't then you must define a contact force between the plane and the sphere.Then double click on the Sphere to Plane Force block , set the contact stiffness parameter(under contact tab) to relatively high value(i.e.1e10N/m would be enough i guess).

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George Marrash
George Marrash on 4 Jul 2014
thanks that is a great help

Rajeeb Barma
Rajeeb Barma on 19 Jun 2016
I have the same problem. What is the solution ?? Please help.

Kalana Vidurath
Kalana Vidurath on 22 Nov 2018
Were you able to fix this? i used contact forces library but yet it passes through each other. I dont know what i did wrong. can anyone give me any tips for using contact forces library correctly. i followed the shere on table(plane) example?
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Kalana Vidurath
Kalana Vidurath on 28 Nov 2018
i figured it out. the issue was not in the stiffness or damping. it was in the coordinate frame of planar surface. it was horizontal and the contacts were supposed to be vertical.
Thank you for your time.

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