Real-time viscous thin films

Orestis Vantzos, Saar Raz, Mirela Ben-Chen

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Abstract

We propose a novel discrete scheme for simulating viscous thin films at real-time frame rates. Our scheme is based on a new formulation of the gradient flow approach, that leads to a discretization based on local stencils that are easily computable on the GPU. Our approach has physical fidelity, as the total mass is guaranteed to be preserved, an appropriate discrete energy is controlled, and the film height is guaranteed to be non-negative at all times. In addition, and unlike all existing methods for thin films simulation, it is fast enough to allow realtime interaction with the flow, for designing initial conditions and controlling the forces during the simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Technical Papers, SIGGRAPH Asia 2018
ISBN (Electronic)9781450360081
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Dec 2018
EventSIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Technical Papers - International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 - Tokyo, Japan
Duration: 4 Dec 20187 Dec 2018

Publication series

NameSIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Technical Papers, SIGGRAPH Asia 2018

Conference

ConferenceSIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Technical Papers - International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH Asia 2018
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTokyo
Period4/12/187/12/18

Keywords

  • ACM proceedings
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • GPU Computing
  • Interactive Simulation
  • Thin Films

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Software
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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