Simulating Liquid Dynamics by a Particle-Based Method

Abstract:

There is much research focusing on natural phenomena simulation in virtual reality and computer graphics. Liquid is chosen as our research object, because it is one of the most common natural phenomena. A particle-based modeling method for dynamic liquid simulation is presented in this paper. In our approach, accurate solutions for the Navier-Stokes equations are first accomplished in an Euler-based grid at each time step. This returns a velocity field calculated based on the pressure solved from a converted Poisson equation. Finally, particle movements are advected through this velocity field in order to simulate the dynamics of fluid volume. Experiment shows that visual effect which can satisfy users requirement is achieved by this method. This application has promising potentials in the areas of movie making, computer games, virtual construction and virtual simulation in medicine, etc.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 380-384)
• Pages: 1121-1124
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.380-384.1121
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Ling Zou
• Keywords: Fluid Simulation, Navier-Stokes Equation, Particle

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