Seminar • Computer Graphics • Fluid Implicit Particles on Coadjoint Orbits

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304 and online.

Mohammad Sina Nabizadeh, PhD student
University of California San Diego

We propose Coadjoint Orbit FLIP (CO-FLIP), a high order accurate, structure preserving fluid simulation method in the hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian framework. We start with a Hamiltonian formulation of the incompressible Euler Equations, and then, using a local, explicit, and high order divergence free interpolation, construct a modified Hamiltonian system that governs our discrete Euler flow.

The resulting discretization, when paired with a geometric time integration scheme, is energy and circulation preserving (formally the flow evolves on a coadjoint orbit) and is similar to the Fluid Implicit Particle (FLIP) method. CO-FLIP enjoys multiple additional properties including that the pressure projection is exact in the weak sense, and the particle-to-grid transfer is an exact inverse of the grid-to-particle interpolation. The method is demonstrated numerically with outstanding stability, energy, and Casimir preservation. We show that the method produces benchmarks and turbulent visual effects even at low grid resolutions.


To attend this seminar in person, please go to DC 1304. You can also attend virtually on Zoom.