palImpulseActuator Class Reference

#include <palActuators.h>

Inheritance diagram for palImpulseActuator:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions

virtual void Init (palBody *pbody, Float px, Float py, Float pz, Float axis_x, Float axis_y, Float axis_z)

virtual void SetImpulse (Float impulse)

virtual void Apply ()

Detailed Description

A "impulse" actuator. Applys a impulse to a given body at a given position in a given direction. In classical physics, momentum is related to velocity by $p=m.v$

where p is the Momentum, m is the Mass, and v is the Velocity. An impulse is simply a change in momentum.

Member Function Documentation

void palImpulseActuator::Apply ( ) [virtual]

Ensures the actuator operates for the current time step

Implements palActuator.

Reimplemented in palPropeller, and palHydrofoil.

void palImpulseActuator::Init	(	palBody *	pbody,
		Float	px,
		Float	py,
		Float	pz,
		Float	axis_x,
		Float	axis_y,
		Float	axis_z
	)			`[virtual]`

Initializes the actuator

Parameters:

	pbody	The body to connect the actuator to
	px	The x position of the actuator's center
	py	The y position of the actuator's center
	pz	The z position of the actuator's center
	axis_x	The axis vector which supplies the direction of the actuator's impulse. (x)
	axis_y	The axis vector which supplies the direction of the actuator's impulse. (y)
	axis_z	The axis vector which supplies the direction of the actuator's impulse. (z)

virtual void palImpulseActuator::SetImpulse ( Float impulse ) [inline, virtual]

Sets the impulse.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

/var/www/hosted/adrianboeing.com/pal/current/pal/pal/pal/palActuators.h
/var/www/hosted/adrianboeing.com/pal/current/pal/pal/pal/palActuators.cpp


Public Member Functions
virtual void	Init (palBody *pbody, Float px, Float py, Float pz, Float axis_x, Float axis_y, Float axis_z)
virtual void	SetImpulse (Float impulse)
virtual void	Apply ()