• DocumentCode
    1549056
  • Title

    Real-time fluid simulation in a dynamic virtual environment

  • Author

    Chen, Jim X. ; Lobo, N.d.V. ; Hughes, Charles E. ; Moshell, J. Michael

  • Author_Institution
    George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    61
  • Abstract
    Simulating physically realistic complex fluid behaviors in a distributed interactive simulation (DIS) presents a challenging problem for computer graphics researchers. The authors consider how solving the 2D Navier-Stokes equations via a computational fluid dynamics method lets us map surfaces into 3D and achieves realistic real-time fluid surface behaviours
  • Keywords
    Navier-Stokes equations; data visualisation; digital simulation; distributed processing; fluid dynamics; physics computing; real-time systems; realistic images; 2D Navier-Stokes equations; 3D graphics; computational fluid dynamics method; computer graphics research; distributed interactive simulation; dynamic virtual environment; real-time fluid simulation; realistic complex fluid behavior; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Differential equations; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Navier-Stokes equations; Nonlinear equations; Shape; Synchronization; Virtual environment;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/38.586018
  • Filename
    586018