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Tag Archives: Kinematic Anomaly

The kinematic anomaly in MPM

Posted on 2016-01-04 by Rebecca Brannon

The following Material Point Method (MPM) simulation of sloshing fluid goes “haywire” at the end, just when things are starting to settle down:

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