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Mechanics

We will now specify the mechanics of the mass-spring-damper model. Let node i have mass tex2html_wrap_inline2330 , position tex2html_wrap_inline2332 , velocity tex2html_wrap_inline2334 , and acceleration tex2html_wrap_inline2336 .

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Xiaoyuan TuJanuary 1996