Besides the finite element method, the massspring discrete modeling is widely used in computer graphics. This discrete model allows to perform very easily interactive deformations and to handle quite complex interactions with only a few equations. Thus, it is perfectly adapted to generate visually correct animations. However, a drawback of this simple formulation is the relative difficulty to c...

A new type of feedback is presented that involves both the auditory and visual modalities. It combines an audio resonant bandpass filter, a geometrically constructed mass-spring system and its graphical skin. The system shows a resonant behavior that is detailed in various parameter setups. Complex mass-spring topologies result in a coherent self-sustained audio-visual system that mimics gusts ...

There is a growing demand for surgical simulators to do fast and precise calculations of tissue deformation to simulate increasingly complex morphology in real-time. Unfortunately, even fast spring-mass based systems have slow convergence rates for large models. This paper presents a method to accelerate computation of a spring-mass system in order to simulate a complex organ such as the heart....

Besides finite element method, mass-spring discrete modeling is widely used in computer graphics. This discrete model allows to perform very easily interactive deformations and to handle quite complex interactions with only a few equations. Thus, it is perfectly adapted to generate visually correct animations. However, a drawback of this simple formulation is the relative difficulty to control ...

The design of Allegra, a new type of instrument for animated graphics is presented. It relies on the cohesive coupling of video image analysis and mass-spring system animation. The system allows for direct manipulation through the modification of a 3D scene or through a live video of the user. GPU-based physics computation enables large scale real-time mass spring system animation that makes th...

One of the bio-sensing mechanisms is mechanical. Rather than measuring shift in resonance frequency, we adopt to measure the change in spring constant due to adsorption, as one of the fundamental sensing mechanism. This study explains  determination of spring constant of a surface functionalized micro machined micro cantilever, which resonates in a trapezoidal cavity-on Silicon wafer, with the ...

One of the bio-sensing mechanisms is mechanical. Rather than measuring shift in resonance frequency, we adopt to measure the change in spring constant due to adsorption, as one of the fundamental sensing mechanism. This study explains  determination of spring constant of a surface functionalized micro machined micro cantilever, which resonates in a trapezoidal cavity-on Silicon wafer, with the ...

Besides finite element method, mass-spring systems are widely used in Computer Graphics. It is indubitably the simplest and most intuitive deformable model. This discrete model allows to perform interactive deformations with ease and to handle complex interactions. Thus, it is perfectly adapted to generate visually plausible animations. However, a drawback of this simple formulation is the rela...

Mass-Spring systems are used widely to implement animation of deformable objects. We have developed a simple mass-spring system to animate a character based on physics. The reason we adopt a mass-spring system is simply we wanted more realism than Free Form Deformation (FFD) techniques can offer, as modeling physical processes. Also, this technique is preferred over Finite Element Methods (FEM)...

one of the bio-sensing mechanisms is mechanical. rather than measuring shift in resonance frequency, we adopt to measure the change in spring constant due to adsorption, as one of the fundamental sensing mechanism. this study explains  determination of spring constant of a surface functionalized micro machined micro cantilever, which resonates in a trapezoidal cavity-on silicon wafer, with the ...