My research investigated the Visual Simulation of Falling Water and Plunge Pools. My Ph.D. was taken under the supervision of Prof. A. Robin Forrest at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
The aim of the research was to establish and justify the use of a relatively simple set of rules to model the attributes of falling water, e.g. waterfalls and fountains, and the turbulent plunge pools that typically form at the base of a waterfall.
Feel free to contact me to discuss the work in more detail.
Publications- Research
- Visual Simulation of Waterfalls and Other Water Phenomena, SIGGRAPH 97 Visual Proceedings, Computer Graphics Annual Conference Series, 1997, page 146. UEA formatted copy available (Adobe PDF)
- Personal
- Impressions of SIGGRAPH 97, Computer Graphics Forum, Vol. 16, No. 5, December 1997, pages 327-329.
The research was split into 3 main areas:
- Simulation of Falling Water
- Simulation of Turbulent Plunge Pools which form at the base of falling water structures
- The combination of falling water and plunge pools in a full model - also able to model other water behaviour. The model was then placed inside a bespoke animation package to use in the construction of water based scenes
Click on images to view corresponding animations.
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Fountain with coalescing columns
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Water striking obstacle
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Horseshoe falls with mist
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Wind pushing main volume from left to right
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Mist expanding away from the main volume
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Presentations
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Monday 25th January 1999
Visual Simulation of Waterfalls and Plunge Pools
Rainbow Graphics Research Group, 2:15-3pm, Rainbow Room, University of Cambridge, New Museums site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, UK -
Wednesday 6th August 1997
Visual Simulation of Waterfalls and Other Water Phenomena
Simulation and Natural Phenomena, SIGGRAPH 97 Technical Sketch Session, 10:15am - noon, Petree Hall D, L.A. Convention Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
