deformablemesh.externalenergies

Class StericMesh

java.lang.Object

deformablemesh.externalenergies.StericMesh

All Implemented Interfaces:

ExternalEnergy

Direct Known Subclasses:

SofterStericMesh

public class StericMesh
extends Object
implements ExternalEnergy

Class used for calculating steric forces between meshes.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StericMesh(DeformableMesh3D id, DeformableMesh3D neighbor, double weight)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	getEnergy(double[] pos)
double	getNormal(Integer i, double[] result) Calculates the normal by averaging the normals of the connecting triangles.
void	update()
void	updateForces(double[] positions, double[] fx, double[] fy, double[] fz)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StericMesh

public StericMesh(DeformableMesh3D id,
                  DeformableMesh3D neighbor,
                  double weight)

Method Detail

update

public void update()

updateForces

public void updateForces(double[] positions,
                         double[] fx,
                         double[] fy,
                         double[] fz)

Specified by:

updateForces in interface ExternalEnergy

getNormal

public double getNormal(Integer i,
                        double[] result)

Calculates the normal by averaging the normals of the connecting triangles.

Parameters:

i - node index

result - where the normal will be recorded.

Returns:

the magnitude of the summed normal.

getEnergy

public double getEnergy(double[] pos)

Specified by:

getEnergy in interface ExternalEnergy