Welcome to CSE 291 Topics in CSE: Physics Simulation.
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) HW submissions.Week | Tuesday | Thursday | |
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1 | 4/2: Lecture prerecorded Introduction
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4/4: Lecture prerecorded Ordinary Differential Equations
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2 | 4/9: Dimensional Analysis | 4/11: Differentials and gradients
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3 | 4/16: Differentials and gradients | 4/18: Optimization and KKT conditions, calculus of variations
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4 | 4/23: Least action principle
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4/25: Variational integrators | |
5 | 4/30: Rigid Body Dynamics | 5/2: Constraints, Incremental Potential
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6 | 5/7: Constraints, Incremental Potential | 5/9: Tensors
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7 | 5/14: Elasticity | 5/16: Elasticity | |
8 | 5/21: Lecture prerecorded Fluids
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5/23: Lecture prerecorded Fluids
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9 | 5/28: Fluids (numerics)
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5/30: Fluids
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10 | 6/4: Hamiltonian mechanics
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6/6: No class (instructor unavailable) | |
Final | 6/11: No class
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6/13: No class | |
Summer break |
The course covers the mathematical and computational basis for various physics simulation tasks including solid mechanics and fluid dynamics. A main focus is constitutive modeling, that is, the dynamics are derived from a few universal principles of classical mechanics, such as dimensional analysis, Hamiltonian principle, maximal dissipation principle, Noether’s theorem, etc. These principles are the foundation to computational methods that can produce structure-preserving and realistic simulations.
You are expected to have basic programming and visualization skill.
Some highlight:
There is no quiz or exam. The grades are made of the following HWs and project: