{"id":6931,"date":"2019-12-26T08:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2022-11-30T22:00:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:00:38","slug":"thermomechanical-material-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/thermomechanical-material-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Thermomechanical Material Point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Computer graphics isn&#8217;t the same thing as simulation. It doesn&#8217;t have to  be accurate, it simply has to look right. What about baking? Watch  bread, cookies and pancakes cook in &#8220;fake baking&#8221; mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gtech-migrated-from-ad-inserter-placement-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-1696787395\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-177934227\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/76065\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><p>Creating computer graphics of liquids and dust is hard enough, but  materials that we cook are very complex. First you have the dough or  batter which is a complicated viscoelastic solid. Next you have the  effect of heat, which slowly changes the properties of the dough in very  subtle ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The stiffness and viscosity changes, but so does the water  content and chemical reactions change the color of the outer layer.  Then there are the leavening agents which generate carbon dioxide as the  heat reaches the inside of the dough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you have some idea what the problems are, take a look at the  video from researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles,  and enjoy what you see:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Thermomechanical Material Point Method for Baking and Cooking\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iBpolaB4DqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So are you hungry now? Who would have thought that a paper called &#8220;A \nThermomechanical Material Point Method for Baking and Cooking&#8221; could \ngenerate so much fun, but that is a major characteristic of working in \nadvanced graphics. Even so, the level of math needed to create these \nimages is quite amazing. If you want to go into graphics programming \nthen make sure your math is up to it &#8211; differential equations, \nintegration and linear algebra should cover most things, but it&#8217;s a big \narea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally you have to ask the question what is if all for? Personally, I  can&#8217;t wait for BakerySims and TotalBakery to hit the games market. More  seriously, this is obviously more aimed at movies, but there could be  more applications I&#8217;m just missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> A Thermomechanical Material Point Method for Baking and Cooking Mengyuan Ding,&nbsp; Xuchen Han, Stephanie Wang,&nbsp; Theodore F. Gast&nbsp;and Joseph M. 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Creating computer graphics of liquids and dust is hard enough, but materials that we cook are very complex. 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