Identification of spring parameters for deformable object simulation

Mass spring models are frequently used to simulate deformable objects because of their conceptual simplicity and computational speed. Unfortunately, the model parameters are not related to elastic material constitutive laws in an obvious way. Several methods to set optimal parameters have been propo...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics. - 1998. - 13(2007), 5 vom: 10. Sept., Seite 1081-94
1. Verfasser: Lloyd, Bryn (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Székely, Gábor, Harders, Matthias
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Zusammenfassung:Mass spring models are frequently used to simulate deformable objects because of their conceptual simplicity and computational speed. Unfortunately, the model parameters are not related to elastic material constitutive laws in an obvious way. Several methods to set optimal parameters have been proposed, but so far only with limited success. We analyze the parameter identification problem and show the difficulties, which have prevented previous work from reaching wide usage. Our main contribution is a new method to derive analytical expressions for the spring parameters from an isotropic linear elastic reference model. The method is described and expressions for several mesh topologies are derived. These include triangle, rectangle and tetrahedron meshes. The formulae are validated by comparing the static deformation of the MSM with reference deformations simulated with the finite element method
Beschreibung:Date Completed 11.09.2007
Date Revised 11.07.2007
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1077-2626