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Author Archives: christopherbatty
Trust-Region Eigenvalue Filtering for Projected Newton
Honglin Chen, Hseuh-Ti Derek Liu, Alec Jacobson, David I. W. Levin, Changxi Zheng We introduce a novel adaptive eigenvalue filtering strategy to stabilize and accelerate the optimization of Neo-Hookean energy and its variants under the Projected Newton framework. For the … Continue reading
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Accelerate Neural Subspace-Based Reduced-Order Solver of Deformable Simulation by Lipschitz Optimization
Aoran Lyu, Shixian Zhao, Chuhua Xian, Zhihao Cen, Hongmin Cai, Guoxin Fang Reduced-order simulation is an emerging method for accelerating physical simulations with high DOFs, and recently developed neural-network-based methods with nonlinear subspaces have been proven effective in diverse applications … Continue reading
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Trading Spaces: Adaptive Subspace Time Integration for Contacting Elastodynamics
Ty Trusty, Yun (Raymond) Fei, David I.W. Levin, Danny M. Kaufman We construct a subspace simulator that adaptively balances solution improvement against system size. The core components of our simulator are an adaptive subspace oracle, model, and parallel time-step solver … Continue reading
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Simulating Thin Shells by Bicubic Hermite Elements
Xingyu Ni*, Xuwen Chen* (joint 1st authors), Cheng Yu, Bin Wang, Baoquan Chen In this study, we present the bicubic Hermite element method (BHEM), a new computational framework devised for the elastodynamic simulation of thin-shell structures. The BHEM is constructed … Continue reading
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A Time-Dependent Inclusion-Based Method for Continuous Collision Detection between Parametric Surfaces
Xuwen Chen, Cheng Yu, Xingyu Ni, Mengyu Chu, Bin Wang, Baoquan Chen Continuous collision detection (CCD) between parametric surfaces is typically formulated as a five-dimensional constrained optimization problem. In the field of CAD and computer graphics, common approaches to solving … Continue reading
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gDist: Efficient Distance Computation between 3D Meshes on GPU
Peng Fang, Wei Wang, Ruofeng Tong, Hailong Li, Min Tang Computing maximum/minimum distances between 3D meshes is crucial for various applications, i.e., robotics, CAD, VR/AR, etc. In this work, we introduce a highly parallel algorithm (gDist) optimized for Graphics Processing … Continue reading
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Polar Interpolants for Thin-Shell Microstructure Homogenization
Antoine Chan-Lock, Miguel A. Otaduy This paper introduces a new formulation for material homogenization of thin-shell microstructures. It addresses important challenges that limit the quality of previous approaches: methods that fit the energy response neglect visual impact, methods that fit … Continue reading
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Tencers: Tension-Constrained Elastic Rods
Liliane-Joy Yana Dandy, Michele Vidulis, Yingying Ren, Mark Pauly We study ensembles of elastic rods that are tensioned by a small set of inextensible cables. The cables induce forces that deform the initially straight, but flexible rods into 3D space … Continue reading
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Optimized shock-protecting microstructures
Zizhou Huang, Daniele Panozzo, Denis Zorin Mechanical shock is a common occurrence in various settings, there are two different scenarios for shock protection: catastrophic protection (e.g. car collisions and falls) and routine protection (e.g. shoe soles and mattresses). The former … Continue reading
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Computational Biomimetics of Winged Seeds
Qiqin Le, Jiamu Bu, Yanke Qu, Bo Zhu, Tao Du We develop a computational pipeline to facilitate the biomimetic design of winged seeds. Our approach leverages 3D scans of natural winged seeds to construct a bio-inspired design space by interpolating … Continue reading
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