We have developed a comprehensive framework for the modeling and simulation
of smoke, fire, and general gaseous phenomena, both on surfaces and in 3D space,
interacting with static and moving objects. Our approach uses the Lattice-Boltzmann
Model (LBM) for fast propagation of these phenomena. The LBM is non-iterative
and uses only local operations per grid update of the transient phenomena. It
is therefore very attractive for acceleration on commodity parallel computing hardware -- GPUs. Current applications
are the modeling of gaseous substances in urban (homeland) security scenarios,
the simulation of complex heat-originated phenomena for computer graphics, such
as heat shimmering, melting, ablation, and smoke, and the simulation of other
amorphous phenomena. We have been using GPUs for various costly numerical simulation
tasks (in addition to the acceleration of medical imaging algorithms, with speedups of 1-2 orders of magnitudes,
while being able to use the GPU also to quickly visualize the (intermediate)
results. This gives rise to the notion of visual simulation.
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Efficient LBM Visual Simulation
on Face-Centered Cubic Lattices
K. Petkov, F. Qiu, Z. Fan, A. Kaufman, K. Mueller
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
15(5): 802-814, 2009 |
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Lattice-based volumetric global
illumination
F. Qiu, F. Xu, Z. Fan, N. Neophytou, A. Kaufman, and K. Mueller
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
13(6):1576-1583, 2007 |
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Visual simulation of heat
shimmering and mirage
Y. Zhao, Y. Han, Z. Fan, F. Qiu, Y.-C. Kuo, A. Kaufman, and K. Mueller
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 179-189, 2007
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Melting and Flowing in Multiphase
Environments
Y. Zhao, L. Wang, F. Qiu, A. Kaufman, and K. Mueller
Computers & Graphics
vol. 30, no. 4, pp 519-528, 2006 |
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Accelerated Dispersion Simulation
For Urban Security
F. Qiu, Y. Zhao, Z. Fan, X. Wei, H. Lorenz, J. Wang, S. Yaokum-Stover, A.
Kaufman, and K. Mueller
IEEE Visualization '04
Austin, Texas, October 2004
pp. 553-560
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The Lattice-Boltzmann Method
for gaseous phenomena
X. Wei, W. Li, K . Mueller, and A. Kaufman
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 164-176, 2004
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Simulating fire with texture splats
X. Wei, W. Li, K . Mueller, and A. Kaufman
IEEE Visualization'02
Boston, October 2002
pp. 227-234
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