A discrete model of thin shells

  • Authors:
  • Eitan Grinspun

  • Affiliations:
  • Columbia University

  • Venue:
  • SIGGRAPH '05 ACM SIGGRAPH 2005 Courses
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We present a discrete model for the behavior of thin flexible structures, such as hats, leaves, and aluminum cans, which are characterized by a curved undeformed configuration. Previously such models required complex continuum mechanics formulations and correspondingly complex algorithms. We show that a simple shell model can be derived geometrically for triangle meshes and implemented quickly by modifying a standard cloth simulator. Our technique convincingly simulates a variety of curved objects with materials ranging from paper to metal, as we demonstrate with several examples including a comparison of a real and simulated falling hat.This chapter is based on the paper by Grinspun, Hirani, Desbrun, and Schröder which appeared in the Proceedings of the Symposium for Computer Animation 2003 [Grinspun et al. 2003].