A Survey of Physically Based Simulation of Cuts in Deformable Bodies
Jun Wu, Rüdiger Westermann, Christian Dick
Computer Graphics and Visualization Group, Technische Universität München, Germany
Abstract
Virtual cutting of deformable bodies has been an important and active research topic in physically-based simulation for more than a decade. A particular challenge in virtual cutting is the robust and efficient incorporation of cuts into an accurate computational model that is used for the simulation of the deformable body.
This report presents a coherent summary of the state-of-the-art in virtual cutting of deformable bodies, focusing on the distinct geometrical and topological representations of the deformable body, as well as the specific numerical discretizations of the governing equations of motion. In particular, we discuss virtual cutting based on tetrahedral, hexahedral, and polyhedral meshes, in combination with standard, polyhedral, composite, and extended finite element discretizations. A separate section is devoted to meshfree methods. The report is complemented with an application study to assess the performance of virtual cutting simulators.
Associated publications
A Survey of Physically-based Simulation of Cuts in Deformable Bodies
(Extended version of the EG STAR, 27 pages.)
J. Wu, R. Westermann, C. Dick
Computer Graphics Forum 34(6):161--187, 2015
[Bibtex]
Physically-based Simulation of Cuts in Deformable Bodies: A Survey
(Please kindly refer to the CGF extended version.)
J. Wu, R. Westermann, C. Dick
Eurographics 2014 State-of-the-Art Reports
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Introduction [pdf]
Mesh-based Modeling of Cuts [pdf]
Finite Element Simulation for Virtual Cutting [pdf]
Numerical Solvers [pdf]
Meshfree Methods [pdf]
Summery & Application Study [pdf]
Discussion & Conclusion [pdf]
All sections in one file. [pdf 6.5MB]