As the titles says, it is possible to measure the pressure between an object and another object EX. A car crash.
COMMUNITY QUESTION
Is there a way to measure the pressure of an object upon another object?
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Firstly I know I am a little late to the party here but I would like to share something quickly. Firstly I think accurately simulating a car crash in Roblox would be a pain, but I would go about it by first getting the mass of the two vehicles with:
function getMass(obj)
if not obj then return 0 end
if obj:IsA("BasePart") then
return math.ceil(obj:GetMass())
else
local mass = 0
for i, p in pairs(obj:GetChildren()) do
mass = mass + getMass(p)
end
return mass end
end
Then I would measure the two speeds of the car then use this to approximate force. How would simulate the results are beyond me and this is a simple solution as a more complex one would involve some very interesting math involving the surface size of the impact and materials involved and a whole host of other equations that I think is simply too in depth to be relevant to current roblox games.
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Lets say you already have the mass, how would you "approximate the force" witht the two speeds one a touched event? I was thinking of having sensors in the sides and front of the cars. If they also ram each other from side to side, how do I measure that force? (since it would be in a different direction, not forward.)
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It's late, so if nobody has answered by the end of tomorrow then I'll share some thoughts on the matter on Friday. ;) My initial remark is that you don't need to bother with pressure, but rather just changes in momentum/forces applied/rate of change of velocity/impulses. i.e. You perhaps don't need to know about the relative sizes of surfaces and their 'pressure' exerted to achieve what you want.
Thanks :)