Interactive Simulation of Deformable Objects

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We have found an efficient computational procedure for geometrically-nonlinear finite element simulation.

We also have developed a new numerical integration scheme that is stable even under extreme deformations.

Detailed technical information can be found in the following papers:

Ryo Kikuuwe:“A Time-Integration Method for Stable Simulation of Extremely Deformable Hyperelastic Objects,” The Visual Computer.
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- [Link to Springer]
- [pdf of draft version]
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Ryo Kikuuwe, Hiroaki Tabuchi, and Motoji Yamamoto:“An Edge-Based Computationally Efficient Formulation of Saint Venant-Kirchhoff Tetrahedral Finite Elements,” ACM Transactions on Graphics, 28(1), pp.8:1-8:13, January 2009.
- [Full text available upon request. Please email me.]
- [Link to ACM Digital Library]
- [pdf of draft version]
  ©ACM, 2009. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 28, Issue 1 (January 2009) http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1477926.1477934
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- See it on YouTube

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