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-rw-r--r--src/dynamics/rigid_body_components.rs5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/dynamics/rigid_body_components.rs b/src/dynamics/rigid_body_components.rs
index c03233d..f5698a4 100644
--- a/src/dynamics/rigid_body_components.rs
+++ b/src/dynamics/rigid_body_components.rs
@@ -571,10 +571,11 @@ impl RigidBodyVelocity {
/// The approximate kinetic energy of this rigid-body.
///
/// This approximation does not take the rigid-body's mass and angular inertia
- /// into account.
+ /// into account. Some physics engines call this the "mass-normalized kinetic
+ /// energy".
#[must_use]
pub fn pseudo_kinetic_energy(&self) -> Real {
- self.linvel.norm_squared() + self.angvel.gdot(self.angvel)
+ 0.5 * (self.linvel.norm_squared() + self.angvel.gdot(self.angvel))
}
/// Returns the update velocities after applying the given damping.