Monthly Archives: December 2010

We present a hexahedral finite element method for simulating cuts in deformable bodies using the corotational formulation of strain at high computational efficiency. Key to our approach is a novel embedding of adaptive element refinements and topological changes of the … Continue reading →

A thesis from 2009 that I missed: Barbara Solenthaler, University of Zurich: Incompressible Fluid Simulation and Advanced Surface Handling with SPH

I was recently asked whether there exists any internet forum dedicated to physics-based animation. The two that came to mind are Gamedev’s Math & Physics forum and Bullet’s physics simulation forums (both linked in the right column of the page), … Continue reading →

We present a volumetric iso-geometric finite element analysis based on Catmull-Clark solids. This concept allows one to use the same representation for the modeling, the physical simulation, and the visualization, which optimizes the design process and narrows the gap between … Continue reading →

We present a new hybrid CPU/GPU collision detection technique for rigid and deformable objects based on spatial subdivision. Our approach efficiently exploits the massive computational capabilities of modern CPUs and GPUs commonly found in off-the-shelf computer systems. The algorithm is … Continue reading →

Chris Wojtan,  Georgia Tech: Animating Physical Phenomena with Embedded Surface Meshes Andreas Söderström, Linköping University: Memory Efficient Methods for Eulerian Free Surface Fluid Animation