It was mentioned during lecture that the dress on the left molded by springs looks rubbery. Does rubber have any specific properties that make it well modeled by spring systems, or is that just coincidental?
tilenull
I was curious about this as well, is it because of how stretchy and bouncy rubber can be compared to actual cloth?
michelllepan
@tilenull I think you're right that rubber just happens to be stretchy and bouncy like springs are, whereas the behavior of cloth is more complex so it can't be modeled as realistically with spring systems.
StaffDanCubed
So I wonder what is the actual underlying physics behind clothes then? In other words what makes them more complicated than simple spring systems? I would imagine that fibers should behave somewhat similar to springs on a basic level, but perhaps there are some subtle differences? Also maybe the way cloth is woven affects the accuracy of our spring grid model as well?
It was mentioned during lecture that the dress on the left molded by springs looks rubbery. Does rubber have any specific properties that make it well modeled by spring systems, or is that just coincidental?
I was curious about this as well, is it because of how stretchy and bouncy rubber can be compared to actual cloth?
@tilenull I think you're right that rubber just happens to be stretchy and bouncy like springs are, whereas the behavior of cloth is more complex so it can't be modeled as realistically with spring systems.
So I wonder what is the actual underlying physics behind clothes then? In other words what makes them more complicated than simple spring systems? I would imagine that fibers should behave somewhat similar to springs on a basic level, but perhaps there are some subtle differences? Also maybe the way cloth is woven affects the accuracy of our spring grid model as well?