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International Symposium on Visual Computing

ISVC 2010: Advances in Visual Computing pp 74–85Cite as

Lattice-Boltzmann Water Waves

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A model for real-time generation of deep-water waves is suggested. It is based on a lattice-Boltzmann (LB) technique. Computation of wave dynamics and (ray-traced) rendering for a lattice of size 10242 can be carried out simultaneously on a single graphics card at 25 frames per second. In addition to the computational speed, the LB technique is seen to offer a simple and physically accurate method for handling both dispersion and wave reflection from obstructing objects.

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  1. Clemson University, USA

    Robert Geist, Christopher Corsi, Jerry Tessendorf & James Westall

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, 89557, Reno, NV, USA

    George Bebis

  2. NASA Ames Research Center, 94035, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    Richard Boyle

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Bahram Parvin

  4. Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, USA

    Darko Koracin

  5. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

    Ronald Chung

  6. Dyna Vox Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Riad Hammoud

  7. King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Muhammad Hussain

  8. Hewlett Packard Labs, Paolo Alto, CA, USA

    Tan Kar-Han

  9. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Roger Crawfis

  10. Virtual Reality Lab, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Daniel Thalmann

  11. NASA Ames Research Center, Clifton Park, NY, USA

    David Kao

  12. Kitware, Clifton Park, NY, USA

    Lisa Avila

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Geist, R., Corsi, C., Tessendorf, J., Westall, J. (2010). Lattice-Boltzmann Water Waves. In: Bebis, G., et al. Advances in Visual Computing. ISVC 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6453. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17289-2_8

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