filename     : Nea05.pdf
entry        : appeared
conference   : Eurographics 2005, Dublin, Ireland, August 29 - September 3, 2005
pages        : 24
year         : 2005
month        : August
title        : Physically Based Deformable Models in Computer Graphics (State of the Art Report)
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author       : Andrew Nealen, Matthias Müller, Richard Keiser, Eddy Boxermann, Mark Carlson
booktitle    : Proceedings of Eurographics 2005
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pages        : 71-94 
language     : English
keywords     : Physically Based Animation, Deformable Models 
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Physically based deformable models have been widely embraced
by the Computer Graphics community. Many problems outlined in a
previous survey by Gibson and Mirtich~\cite{gibson97} have been
addressed, thereby making these models interesting and useful for
both offline and real-time applications, such as motion pictures
and video games. In this paper, we present the most significant
contributions of the past decade, which produce such impressive
and perceivably realistic animations and simulations: finite
element/difference/volume methods, mass-spring systems, meshfree
methods, coupled particle systems and reduced deformable models
based on modal analysis. For completeness, we also make a
connection to the simulation of other continua, such as fluids,
gases and melting objects. Since time integration is inherent to
all simulated phenomena, the general notion of time discretization
is treated separately, while specifics are left to the respective
models. Finally, we discuss areas of application, such as
elastoplastic deformation and fracture, cloth and hair animation,
virtual surgery simulation, interactive entertainment and
fluid/smoke animation, and also suggest areas for future research.