Interactive Wood Fracture

The simulation of tree dynamics while taking into account the anisotropic property of wood. We propose a new approach for the simulation of wood as an anisotropic material that takes the inherent fibre structure of wood into account. Our approach is based on the Position-based Dynamics framework. We use the Shape Matching approach as the basis for modeling the isotropic part of wood. For simulating anisotropic behavior we employ a fibre model based on Cosserat theory. Our approach supports dynamic fracturing and captures typical breaking patterns of wood.