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Shortcomings<br />

• Slender or distorted<br />

continuum elements<br />

• Zero-thickness<br />

beam/shell elements<br />

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The Hierarchic Pinball Method<br />

[Belytschko & Yeh, 1993]<br />

• Embed a parent pinball in each element<br />

• Recursively generate descendent pinballs as<br />

long as contact holds<br />

Level 0 (parent) Level 1 Level 2<br />

42<br />

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