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Autores principales: Zhang, Yu, Shen, Xing, Huang, Kemeng, Chen, Wei, Yang, Yin, Komura, Taku, Liu, Tiantian, Pan, Xingang
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Publicado: 2026
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19892
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author Zhang, Yu
Shen, Xing
Huang, Kemeng
Chen, Wei
Yang, Yin
Komura, Taku
Liu, Tiantian
Pan, Xingang
author_facet Zhang, Yu
Shen, Xing
Huang, Kemeng
Chen, Wei
Yang, Yin
Komura, Taku
Liu, Tiantian
Pan, Xingang
contents Incremental Potential Contact (IPC) guarantees intersection-free simulation but suffers from high computational costs due to the expensive Hessian assembly and linear solves required by Newton's method. While Preconditioned Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient (PNCG) avoids Hessian assembly, it has historically struggled with poor convergence in stiff, contact-rich scenarios due to the lack of effective preconditioners; simple Jacobi preconditioners fail to capture the global coupling, while advanced hierarchy-based preconditioners like Multilevel Additive Schwarz (MAS) are computationally prohibitive to rebuild at every nonlinear iteration. We present MAS-PNCG, a method that unlocks the power of hierarchical preconditioning for nonlinear optimization. Our key technical innovation is a Sparse-Input Woodbury update algorithm that incrementally adapts the fine-level MAS components to rapidly evolving contact sets. This bypasses the need for full preconditioner rebuilds, reducing maintenance cost to near-zero while capturing the complex spectral properties of the contact system. Furthermore, we replace heuristic PNCG search directions with a Hessian-aware 2D subspace minimization that optimally combines the preconditioned gradient and previous direction. We also apply a fast per-subdomain conservative CCD method that ensures penetration-free trajectories while avoiding overly restrictive global step sizes. Experiments demonstrate that our MAS-PNCG outperforms state-of-the-art Newton-PCG solvers, GIPC and StiffGIPC, both preconditioned with MAS up to 5.66$\times$ and 2.07$\times$ respectively.
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spellingShingle An Efficient Multilevel Preconditioned Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient Method for Incremental Potential Contact
Zhang, Yu
Shen, Xing
Huang, Kemeng
Chen, Wei
Yang, Yin
Komura, Taku
Liu, Tiantian
Pan, Xingang
Graphics
Artificial Intelligence
Incremental Potential Contact (IPC) guarantees intersection-free simulation but suffers from high computational costs due to the expensive Hessian assembly and linear solves required by Newton's method. While Preconditioned Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient (PNCG) avoids Hessian assembly, it has historically struggled with poor convergence in stiff, contact-rich scenarios due to the lack of effective preconditioners; simple Jacobi preconditioners fail to capture the global coupling, while advanced hierarchy-based preconditioners like Multilevel Additive Schwarz (MAS) are computationally prohibitive to rebuild at every nonlinear iteration. We present MAS-PNCG, a method that unlocks the power of hierarchical preconditioning for nonlinear optimization. Our key technical innovation is a Sparse-Input Woodbury update algorithm that incrementally adapts the fine-level MAS components to rapidly evolving contact sets. This bypasses the need for full preconditioner rebuilds, reducing maintenance cost to near-zero while capturing the complex spectral properties of the contact system. Furthermore, we replace heuristic PNCG search directions with a Hessian-aware 2D subspace minimization that optimally combines the preconditioned gradient and previous direction. We also apply a fast per-subdomain conservative CCD method that ensures penetration-free trajectories while avoiding overly restrictive global step sizes. Experiments demonstrate that our MAS-PNCG outperforms state-of-the-art Newton-PCG solvers, GIPC and StiffGIPC, both preconditioned with MAS up to 5.66$\times$ and 2.07$\times$ respectively.
title An Efficient Multilevel Preconditioned Nonlinear Conjugate Gradient Method for Incremental Potential Contact
topic Graphics
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19892