In this paper we describe a procedure for parameters identification using an algebraic identification method for a continuous time constant linear system. We make a specific application in the determination of the parameters mass-spring-damper system. The method is suitable for simultaneously identifying, both, the spring constant and the damping coefficient. It is found that the proposed metho...

Mass-spring systems are considered the simplest and most intuitive of all deformable models. They are computationally efficient, and can handle large deformations with ease. But they suffer several intrinsic limitations like the difficulties in controlling anisotropy, springs functions para-meterization and enforcing volume preservation. As part of this project, a modified mass-spring system th...

We consider a model for a damped spring-mass system that is a strongly damped wave equation with dynamic boundary conditions. In a previous paper we showed that for some values of the parameters of the model, the large time behaviour of the solutions is the same as for a classical springmass damper ODE. Here we use spectral analysis to show that for other values of the parameters, still of phys...

In our investigation, we used Hamiltonian dynamics to model two different spring-pendulum systems in MATLAB. First, we confirmed that chaotic motion is possible in the classic single spring-pendulum system in two dimensions and without damping. Next, we modified the system by attaching the mass to two springs (Figure 1b) and tested to see how the dynamics change with the addition of this second...

This paper introduces an adaptive component to a mass-spring system as used in the modelling of cloth for computer animation. The new method introduces non-active points to the model which can adapt the shape of the cloth at inaccuracies. This improves on conventional uniform mass-spring systems by producing more visually pleasing results when simulating the drape of cloth over irregular object...

In the current study, the effects of interactions of the moving loads and the attached mass-spring-damper systems of the composite plates on the resulting dynamic responses are investigated comprehensively, for the first time, using the classical plate theory. The solution of the coupled governing system of equations is accomplished through tracing the spatial variations using a Navier-type sol...

This paper introduces a new method of generating 2D flat patterns from a 3D triangulated surface by opening the bending configuration of each winged triangle pair. The flattening can be divided into four steps. First, a 3D triangulated surface is modeled with a mass–spring system that simulates the surface deformation during the flattening. Second, an unwrapping force field is built to drive th...