Deformable Object Modeling Using the Time-Dependent Finite Element Method

✍ Scribed by Jie Shen; Yee-Hong Yang

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 619 KB
• Volume: 60
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1077-3169
• DOI: 10.1006/gmip.1998.0484

✦ Synopsis

Continuum mechanics and the finite element method are used as basic tools to facilitate the animation of deformable objects. Two unique features in this paper are:

(1) introduction of a framework for 3-D finite interface elements to deal with object interaction and (2) a simple approach to handle fracture propagation inside objects. Animation sequences have been constructed, and they indicate that the system is able to provide a realistic depiction of dynamic collision processes between deformable objects and a simple presentation of fracture propagation inside objects.