Discrete physics using metrized chains

Proceedings - SPM 2009: SIAM/ACM Joint Conference on Geometric and Physical Modeling

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 135-145

  DiCarlo, A ^a   Milicchio, F ^a   Paoluzzi, A ^a   Shapiro, V ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete calculus; Geometric and physical modeling; I.3.5 computational geometry and object modeling : physically based modeling; J.2 physical sciences and engineering : engineering

Indexed keywords

CELL COMPLEXES; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; DISCRETE CALCULUS; DISCRETE DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; DISCRETE EXTERIOR CALCULUS; DISCRETE MEASURE; DISCRETIZATION METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE VOLUME; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GENERAL RELATIVITY; GEOMETRIC AND PHYSICAL MODELING; GEOMETRIC INTEGRATION; GEOMETRIC MODELS; I.3.5 [COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY AND OBJECT MODELING]: PHYSICALLY BASED MODELING; INNER PRODUCT; J.2 [PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING]: ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL THEORY; PHYSICALLY BASED; PHYSICS-BASED SIMULATION; REGGE CALCULUS; THEORETIC STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGICAL APPROACH; TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; WHITNEY;

CALCULATIONS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; SIMULATORS; TOPOLOGY; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 70350633956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1629255.1629273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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