Computer modeling of liquid–solid impacts

Bertolazzi, Enrico; Manzini, Gianmarco

doi:10.1016/j.mcm.2006.04.013

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“…Transcription of the trajectory optimization problem was performed using the publicly available OptimTraj toolbox [9] which was edited to be directly interfaced with IPOPT using the mexIPOPT toolbox [19] . The result is a flexible library that supports a variety of transcription schemes as well as optimization with both MATLAB’s fmincon function and a state-of-the-art NLP solver (IPOPT) without leaving the MATLAB environment, which is particularly advantageous for debugging and tuning complex trajectory optimization problems.…”

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Analyzing Drumming Technique with Trajectory Optimization

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2023

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Percussion began as a global phenomenon over seven thousand years ago and has continued to develop and shape human culture to this day. While drumming techniques have been qualitatively optimized in highly competitive environments like international orchestral, jazz, and marching arts competitions, little quantitative optimization has been performed to maximize technique efficiency and few tools currently exist to make a thorough quantitative analysis possible. Here, I demonstrate how trajectory optimization can be applied to the domain of percussion to (1) identify areas of suboptimality in experimental drumming strokes, (2) search for alternative locally optimal techniques, (3) analyze the sensitivity of optimal drumming techniques to variation in a drummer's body type, and (4) analyze trends across different stroke types to create generalizable drumming strategies for a more coherent and efficient approach to drumming. Each of these quantifiable outcomes is interpreted to provide teachable insights for percussionists that are difficult to distill simply using the human eye and qualitative feedback. I also provide an open-source codebase for efficiently performing trajectory optimization on a biomechanical drumming arm model so that others can adapt this methodology for further biomechanical analysis and pedagogical development.

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Analyzing Drumming Technique with Trajectory Optimization

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Computer modeling of liquid–solid impacts

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Analyzing Drumming Technique with Trajectory Optimization

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