# \#damping

**URL:** https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/tag/damping/1096.md

[Latest](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/tags.md)

---

## [Definition/description of "Contact damping"](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/definition-description-of-contact-damping/10446)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@hcostelha](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/u/hcostelha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://tech-community.robotics.abb.com/t/definition-description-of-contact-damping/10446 "2021-11-29T10:19:50Z")

</div>

Hi, Can anyone describe what is the definition of “Contact damping” used in the materials physics simulation in RobotStudio? I when through the documentation, but I was not able to find any information regarding this pa…