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Leaf movement simulation

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This paper presents a method for the animation of leaf movement. Leaves are classified into two classes: moveable and non-moveable. For moveable leaves, their movements consist of two parts: leafstalk rotation and leaf surface rotation. For each rotation, a movement model was constructed and the movement was computer based on each model, respectively. The final leaf movements were obtained by superposition of these two rotations. The method’s principle is simple and easy to use.

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  1. Computer Science Laboratory, Institute of Software, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, P.R. China

    Feng Jinhui, Chen Yanyun, Yan Tao & Wu Enhua

  2. Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau, Macau, P.R. China

    Wu Enhua

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Correspondence to Feng Jinhui.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.69633010) and the research grant of University of Macau (RG009/99-OOS/WEH/FST).

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Feng, J., Chen, Y., Yan, T. et al. Leaf movement simulation. J. Comput. Sci. & Technol. 16, 189–192 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02950424

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