Accuracy and speed are two of the most important problems in the real-time Finite Element Method (FEM)-based simulations of surgical cutting [1][2]. While the latter can be gradually eased through GPU-based acceleration[3][4], the former hasn't been properly addressed even until recently. To enable realistic and accurate simulation, the cutting line should follow the exact movement of the user-...

The Newmark method is an effective method for numerical time integration in dynamic problems. The results of Newmark method are function of its parameters (β, γ and ∆t). In this paper, a stationary mode I dynamic crack problem is coded in extended finite element method )XFEM( framework in Matlab software and results are verified with analytical solution. This paper focuses on effects of main pa...

reported numerical results for three examples using the immersed interface method (IIM) and the extended finite element method (X-FEM). The results presented for the IIM showed first-order accuracy for the solution and inaccurate values of the normal derivative at the interface. This was due to an error in the implementation. The purpose of this note is to present correct results using the IIM ...

This paper presents mathematical derivation of enrichment functions in the extended finite element method (XFEM) for numerical modelling of strong and weak discontinuities. The proposed approach consists in combining the level set method with characteristic functions as well as domain decomposition and reproduction technique. We start with the simple case of a triangular linear element cut by o...

Interactive dissection simulation is an important research topic in the virtual reality (VR) community. There are many efforts on this topic; however, most of them focus on building a realistic simulation system regardless of the cost, and they often require expensive workstations and specialized haptic devices which prevent broader adoption. We show how to build a realistic dissection simulati...

Computer simulation of fracture processes remains a challenge for many industrial modelling problems. In a classical finite element method, the non-smooth displacement near the crack tip is captured by refining the mesh locally. The number of degrees of freedom may drastically increase, especially in three dimensional applications. Moreover, the incremental computation of a crack growth needs f...

1. Abstract This paper introduces h-Adaptive eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM) which is used for level set based structural optimization. Compared to X-FEM with uniform meshes, meshes of h-adaptive X-FEM are adequately adjusted so that meshes of higher resolution at the vicinity of the structural boundaries while meshes of relatively lower resolution in the regions far away from boundaries...

We consider a standard model for incompressible two-phase flows in which a localized force at the interface describes the effect of surface tension. If a level set method is applied then the approximation of the interface is in general not aligned with the triangulation. This causes severe difficulties w.r.t. the discretization and often results in large spurious velocities. In this paper we re...

several appliances have been used for palatal expansion for treatment of posterior cross bite. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the stress induced in the apical and crestal alveolar bone and the pattern of tooth displacement following expansion via removable expansion plates or fixed-banded palatal expander using the finite element method (fem) analysis.two 3d fem models were designed ...