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Controlling shapes of air bubbles in a multi-phase fluid simulation

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Controlling shapes is a challenging problem in a multi-phase fluid simulation. Bubble particles enable the details of air bubbles to be represented within a simulation based on an Euler grid. We control the target shapes of bubbles by the gradient vectors of the signed distance field and attraction forces associated with control particles. Our hybrid approach enables to simulate physically plausible movements of bubbles while preserving the details of a target shape. Furthermore, we control the paths of moving bubbles using user-defined curves and the shape of an air bubbles by drag force. An accurate model of the drag force near the fluid surface means that bubbles have realistic ellipsoidal shapes.

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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (No. 2011-0017595)

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    Po-Ram Kim, Ho-Young Lee, Jong-Hyun Kim & Chang-Hun Kim

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Kim, PR., Lee, HY., Kim, JH. et al. Controlling shapes of air bubbles in a multi-phase fluid simulation. Vis Comput 28, 597–602 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-012-0696-x

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