Patent ID: 8095347

Claim:
An analysis apparatus comprising: an element division unit configured to position, within an area in which a model of a soft medium is moved, a member model including the model of the soft medium and divide the positioned member into a plurality of elements; and a calculation unit configured to calculate a shape of the model of the soft medium in response to an update of simulation time, wherein the calculation unit calculates the shape of the model of the soft medium by separating the plurality of elements into elements corresponding to a position of the model of the soft medium treated as an area in which charge exists and elements corresponding to a position excluding the model of the soft medium and treated as an air area at a first simulation time, wherein the calculation unit further calculates the shape of the model of the soft medium by separating the plurality of elements into elements corresponding to a position of the model of the soft medium treated as an area in which charge exists and elements corresponding to a position excluding the model of the soft medium and treated as an air area at a second simulation time, the second simulation time being an updated time which follows the first simulation time, and being set so that the position of the model of the soft medium at the second simulation time is different from the position of the model of the soft medium at the first simulation time.