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_id: '3296'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Accurate computational representations of highly deformable surfaces are
    indispensable in the fields of computer animation, medical simulation, computer
    vision, digital modeling, and computational physics. The focus of this dissertation
    is on the animation of physics-based phenomena with highly detailed deformable
    surfaces represented by triangle meshes.\r\n \r\nWe first present results from
    an algorithm that generates continuum mechanics animations with intricate surface
    features. This method combines a finite element method with a tetrahedral mesh
    generator and a high resolution surface mesh, and it is orders of magnitude more
    efficient than previous approaches. Next, we present an efficient solution for
    the challenging problem of computing topological changes in detailed dynamic surface
    meshes. We then introduce a new physics-inspired surface tracking algorithm that
    is capable of preserving arbitrarily thin features and reproducing realistic fine-scale
    topological changes like Rayleigh-Plateau instabilities. This physics-inspired
    surface tracking technique also opens the door for a unique coupling between surficial
    finite element methods and volumetric finite difference methods, in order to simulate
    liquid surface tension phenomena more efficiently than any previous method. Due
    to its dramatic increase in computational resolution and efficiency, this method
    yielded the first computer simulations of a fully developed crown splash with
    droplet pinch off."
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author:
- first_name: Christopher J
  full_name: Wojtan, Christopher J
  id: 3C61F1D2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Wojtan
  orcid: 0000-0001-6646-5546
citation:
  ama: Wojtan C. Animating physical phenomena with embedded surface meshes. 2010:1-175.
  apa: Wojtan, C. (2010). <i>Animating physical phenomena with embedded surface meshes</i>.
    Georgia Institute of Technology.
  chicago: Wojtan, Chris. “Animating Physical Phenomena with Embedded Surface Meshes.”
    Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010.
  ieee: C. Wojtan, “Animating physical phenomena with embedded surface meshes,” Georgia
    Institute of Technology, 2010.
  ista: Wojtan C. 2010. Animating physical phenomena with embedded surface meshes.
    Georgia Institute of Technology.
  mla: Wojtan, Chris. <i>Animating Physical Phenomena with Embedded Surface Meshes</i>.
    Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010, pp. 1–175.
  short: C. Wojtan, Animating Physical Phenomena with Embedded Surface Meshes, Georgia
    Institute of Technology, 2010.
date_created: 2018-12-11T12:02:31Z
date_published: 2010-11-17T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2023-02-23T11:21:00Z
day: '17'
extern: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- url: http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37256
month: '11'
oa_version: None
page: 1 - 175
publication_status: published
publisher: Georgia Institute of Technology
publist_id: '3345'
status: public
supervisor:
- first_name: Irfan
  full_name: Essa, Irfan
  last_name: Essa
- first_name: Karen
  full_name: Liu, Karen
  last_name: Liu
- first_name: Peter
  full_name: Mucha, Peter
  last_name: Mucha
- first_name: Jarek
  full_name: Rossignac, Jarek
  last_name: Rossignac
title: Animating physical phenomena with embedded surface meshes
type: dissertation
user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
year: '2010'
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