ISSN:
1662-7482
Source:
Scientific.Net: Materials Science & Technology / Trans Tech Publications Archiv 1984-2008
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Boundary element (BE) analysis is well known as a tool for assessing the stiffness andstrength of engineering components, but, along with finite element (FE) techniques, it is also findingnew applications as a means of simulating the behaviour of deformable objects within virtual realitysimulations since it exploits precisely the same kind of surface-only definition used for visualrendering of three-dimensional solid objects. This paper briefly reviews existing applications of BEand FE within virtual reality, and describes recent work on the BE-based simulation of aspects ofsurgical operations on the brain, making use of commercial hand-held force-feedback interfaces(haptic devices) to measure the positions of the virtual surgical tools and provide tactile feedback tothe user. The paper presents an overview of the project then concentrates on recent developments,including the incorporation of simulated tumours in the virtual brain
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://www.tib-hannover.de/fulltexts/2011/0528/01/39/transtech_doi~10.4028%252Fwww.scientific.net%252FAMM.5-6.55.pdf
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