Question #660585 on Yade changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/yade/+question/660585
Status: Open => Answered
Bruno Chareyre proposed the following answer:
Hi,
What justified the existence of a specific function was the need to make it do
nothing... There was probably a better way than inserting one line in a
duplicated code but at least this one did not touch the code of another engine.
Why this option was needed is a bit less clear. The idea of not triangulating
was initially to gain cpu time for stiff materials, as you suggest Robert,
nothing else IIRC. We subsequently forgot to write code compatible with
updatePosition=true, I guess (showing that premature optimizations are not a
good idea in general).
Possible problems I suspect are related to the algorithm scanning the edges of
the triangulation to check which ones have a crack, and changing permeability
accordingly. Not sure it works very well if the triangulation itslef is
changing.
I don't see a fundamental reason why it should not work, it seems more like a
blindspot of implementation.
Bruno
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