Fluid Simulation on Unstructured Quadrilateral Surface Meshes

Thumbnail Image

Files

Fluid Simulation on Unstructured Quadrilateral Surface Meshes.pdf (26.09 MB)

Links to Files

https://cal.cs.umbc.edu/Papers/Bhattacharya-2014-FSO/web.pdf

Permanent Link

http://hdl.handle.net/11603/14544

Collections

UMBC Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department

Author/Creator

Author/Creator ORCID

Date

Type of Work

conference proceedings and papers preprints
Text

Department

Program

Citation of Original Publication

Rights

This item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.

Subjects

fluid simulation
quadrilateral meshes
physics-based animation
UMBC Computer Animation Lab

Abstract

In this paper, we present a method for fluid simulation on unstructured quadrilateral surface meshes. We solve the Navier-Stokes equations by performing the traditional steps of fluid simulation, semi-Lagrangian advection and pressure projection, directly on the surface. We include level-set based front-tracking for visualizing “liquids,” while we use densities to visualize “smoke.” We demonstrate our method on a variety of meshes and create an assortment of visual effects