Title :
Multi-resolution triangulations with adaptation to the domain based on physical compression
Author :
Marroquim, Ricardo ; Cavalcanti, P.R. ; Esperanca, Claudio
Author_Institution :
Univ. Fed. do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
This paper presents a method for generating multi-resolution triangulations of non-manifold objects composed of several regions with arbitrary geometry. The process of adapting the triangulation to the boundary of the object is based on physical compression, more specifically, a mass-spring system. The final triangulation usually has no degenerated triangles and provides an approximation of the boundary based on a chosen resolution.
Keywords :
computational geometry; data compression; image coding; image resolution; simulation; arbitrary geometry; boundary approximation; mass-spring system; multi-resolution triangulation generation; nonmanifold objects; object boundary; physical compression; Earthquake engineering; Equations; Geology; Geometry; Mesh generation; Multiresolution analysis; Numerical simulation; Petroleum; Tides; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Graphics and Image Processing, 2004. Proceedings. 17th Brazilian Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2227-0
DOI :
10.1109/SIBGRA.2004.1352965