Seminar 7th July 2016 2:30 p.m. Boldrewood Campus B177 Room 2023 (NGCM Common Room)
Simulating with Surfaces: Physics-based visual effects for fracture and fluids
David Hahn
IST Austria
- Categories
- Boundary elements, CFD, Complex Systems, Elasticity, NGCM, Surface imaging
- Submitter
- Hans Fangohr
Fracture of solids and flow of water simulated with surface-only methods
Recent game and movie productions regularly feature stunning computer generated visual effects. In this talk I will introduce how physics simulation methods are employed to create realistic animations of splashing water and fracturing solid objects. Bridging the gap between artistic vision and physical reality requires simulation tools that are easy to use, fast, and robust to user inputs. I will give an overview of our recent work on surface-only techniques and show how cracks in solid objects as well as the flow of water can be simulated without volumetric discretization."
Speaker biography:
David is a fourth-year PhD student in Chris Wojtan’s group at IST Austria. His main research focuses on simulations of brittle fracture for computer graphics applications. He has previously studied simulation engineering at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences.