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Generating surface crack patterns

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Hayley N. Iben,

James F. O'BrienAuthors Info & Claims

SCA '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics symposium on Computer animation

Pages 177 - 185

Published: 02 September 2006 Publication History

Abstract

We present a method for generating surface crack patterns that appear in materials such as mud, ceramic glaze, and glass. To model these phenomena, we build upon existing physically based methods. Our algorithm generates cracks from a stress field defined heuristically over a triangle discretization of the surface. The simulation produces cracks by evolving this field over time. The user can control the characteristics and appearance of the cracks using a set of simple parameters. By changing these parameters, we have generated examples similar to a variety of crack patterns found in the real world. We assess the realism of our results by comparison with photographs of real-world examples. Using a physically based approach also enables us to generate animations similar to time-lapse photography.

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Index Terms

Generating surface crack patterns
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Animation
      1. Physical simulation
    2. Shape modeling
2. Mathematics of computing
  1. Continuous mathematics
    1. Topology
      1. Geometric topology

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SCA '06: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics symposium on Computer animation

September 2006

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ISBN:3905673347

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Industrial Light and Magic, USA

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