The above title explains the problem in simplistic terms, but a more complex description follows.
I am not looking for the complete packaged answer, more just some hints on where to look, altho if a solution comes to mind thats great. My biggest issue is being selftaught and therefore unsure of the correct terminology.
The situation is quite complex, with multiple objects receiving usage of the desired solution for themselves and multiple component parts per frame, in a computer simulation.
Simplified... Take a sphere, apply an arbitrary force to it, in the form of a vector. The force data contains only the magnitude, direction, and point of contact. The sphere itself possesses a mass, and in this case we are not computing those calculations. The centre of mass is done, we just need to find the calculation that can process the force, coming from any arbitrary direction, into its tangential component, and its non-tangential component, enabling the force to be split into the translational component and rotational component.
Short and sweet... A force hits the sphere at a contact point which is 45 degrees off the tangential plane, how do i split it into the tangential and non tangential parts?
I am not looking for the complete packaged answer, more just some hints on where to look, altho if a solution comes to mind thats great. My biggest issue is being selftaught and therefore unsure of the correct terminology.
The situation is quite complex, with multiple objects receiving usage of the desired solution for themselves and multiple component parts per frame, in a computer simulation.
Simplified... Take a sphere, apply an arbitrary force to it, in the form of a vector. The force data contains only the magnitude, direction, and point of contact. The sphere itself possesses a mass, and in this case we are not computing those calculations. The centre of mass is done, we just need to find the calculation that can process the force, coming from any arbitrary direction, into its tangential component, and its non-tangential component, enabling the force to be split into the translational component and rotational component.
Short and sweet... A force hits the sphere at a contact point which is 45 degrees off the tangential plane, how do i split it into the tangential and non tangential parts?