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Finite Element Implementation

Published 1 January 1997
Dimitris Metaxas
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TL;DR

The presentation examines the criteria for choosing the appropriate elements for a given problem, gives various finite element tessellations of the parametric space of a deformable model, shows examples of finite elements, and presents the finite element-based approximation to the Lagrange equations of motion.

Abstract

We present the methodology for the computer implementation of the finite elements that we will employ to discretize the Lagrange equations of motion. The presentation examines the criteria for choosing the appropriate elements for a given problem, gives various finite element tessellations of the parametric space of a deformable model, shows examples of finite elements, and finally presents the finite element-based approximation to the Lagrange equations of motion.

Keywords

Engineering