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And about that non-linear behaviour of falling fabrics, I think that those
behaviours are caused by air resistance.

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>
> Yes, I agree with you. However, my simulation is a very simplified model
> from reality :) I strive to improve that realism, but my lack of knowledge
> in physics is a big obstacle. It would be very nice to know more about
fluid
> dynamics...
>

Complex behaviour can often be incorporated in models by changing the
premises a little bit: Perturb the model a little in one direction, make the
parameters that describe the cloth vary along the surface et.c.

I really think fluid dynamics wouldn't help you very much in this case.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a vast area, and millions of CPU hours
are required for relatively small models. And modelling air flow along the
surface of a fabric sure is a complex model!

What about trying to implement velocity dependent air resistance? Assuming
that you can (or alredy have) discretizised your cloth in polygons of some
sort, and assumng that the cloth's velocity through air is slow, maybe a
model like this could be a starting point?

        F = - |v| * cos (theta) * A * constant

where v is the polygons velocity, A its area and theta v's angle with the
surface normal. F is the force the polygon "feels" from the air resistance.

This model assumes that the air is uniformly distributed with equal pressure
everywhere, through all time. This is true when there is no wind, the cloth
falls slowly and when two pieces of cloth are not very close to each other.
(In that case, air pressure will change.)

Again, I emphasize the usefulness Runge-Kutta scheme. Assuming that you are
solving with Euler by 1) calculating forces/acceleration on some set of
point masses, 2) adding acceleration * dt to the velocity of each point mass
and 3) adding velocity * dt to position, it really should be a simple task
to extend it to a fourth order scheme. With adaptive time-step, the method
is very robust! I have successfully modelled a lump of jelly (i.e. 3d-mesh
of points connected by (even nonlinear) springs.)


regards,

Simen Kvaal.

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"Simen Kvaal" <sim### [at] remove_mestudentmatnatuiono> wrote in message
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Hi Simen!

>         F = - |v| * cos (theta) * A * constant

Yes, I did something like that!!! I also came up with that idea, however I
did not include A, assuming (maybe wrongly) that all triangles' area would
be more or less the same, so it wouldn't be too bad to ignore that factor
and it would help to speed up the cycle.

My results weren't bad, and I just jumped from the idea of air resistance to
the idea of wind. I think it looks very good. I'll post my latest animation
right way. I hope you'll like it.

> Again, I emphasize the usefulness Runge-Kutta scheme. Assuming that you
are
> solving with Euler by 1) calculating forces/acceleration on some set of
> point masses, 2) adding acceleration * dt to the velocity of each point
mass
> and 3) adding velocity * dt to position, it really should be a simple task
> to extend it to a fourth order scheme. With adaptive time-step, the method
> is very robust! I have successfully modelled a lump of jelly (i.e. 3d-mesh
> of points connected by (even nonlinear) springs.)

Thanks for your suggestion, I promise I will try to implement it soon!

Fernando.

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> I have successfully modelled a lump of jelly (i.e. 3d-mesh
> of points connected by (even nonlinear) springs.)

I'd like to see that! Could you post a nice gello animation? My little
system *is* capable of that, but I've never been patient enough to let it
simulate it. I'm in serious need of cpu power, you know  :-)

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>
> I'd like to see that! Could you post a nice gello animation? My little
> system *is* capable of that, but I've never been patient enough to let it
> simulate it. I'm in serious need of cpu power, you know  :-)
>

Coming up! :)

Me too in need of CPU power. I will start rendering and hopefully post a
nice MPEG in a day or two...

Regards,

Simen Kvaal.

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