00001 /************************************00002 SoftContact.h00003 Claire Lackner00004
00005 This implements a class, SoftContact, creates a contact between two models00006 which is not rigid. The contact is modelled by allowing the two surfaces 00007 to interpenetrate. The models are locally fitted by second order polynomials00008 around the contact. This polynomial surfaces are allowed to interpenetrate00009 and interact governed by Hertz contact theory.00010
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