Interactive Simulation of Rigid Body Dynamics in Computer Graphics

Interactive rigid body simulation is an important part of many modern computer tools, which no authoring tool nor game engine can do without. Such high‐performance computer tools open up new possibilities for changing how designers, engineers, modelers and animators work with their design problems....

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Published in:Computer graphics forum Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 246 - 270
Main Authors: Bender, Jan, Erleben, Kenny, Trinkle, Jeff
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2014
Subjects:
articulated bodies
Computer Graphics [I.3.5]: Computational Geometry and Object Modelling-Physically-based modelling
Computer Graphics [I.3.7]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism-Animation
contact mechanics
contact point generation
iterative methods
jointed mechanisms
Mathematics of Computing [G.1.6]: Numerical Analysis-Nonlinear programming
rigid body dynamics
Simulation
ISSN:0167-7055, 1467-8659
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Summary:Interactive rigid body simulation is an important part of many modern computer tools, which no authoring tool nor game engine can do without. Such high‐performance computer tools open up new possibilities for changing how designers, engineers, modelers and animators work with their design problems. This paper is a self contained state‐of‐the‐art report on the physics, the models, the numerical methods and the algorithms used in interactive rigid body simulation all of which have evolved and matured over the past 20 years. Furthermore, the paper communicates the mathematical and theoretical details in a pedagogical manner. This paper is not only a stake in the sand on what has been done, it also seeks to give the reader deeper insights to help guide their future research. Interactive rigid body simulation is an important part of many modern computer tools, which no authoring tool nor game engine can do without. Such high performance computer tools open up new possibilities for changing how designers, engineers, modelers and animators work with their design problems. This paper is a self contained state‐of‐the‐art report on the physics, the models, the numerical methods and the algorithms used in interactive rigid body simulation all of which have evolved and matured over the past 20 years. Furthermore, the paper communicates the mathematical and theoretical details in a pedagogical manner.
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ISSN:0167-7055
1467-8659
DOI:10.1111/cgf.12272