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Real Time Animation of Virtual Humans: A Trade-off Between Naturalness and Control
Virtual humans are employed in many interactive applications using 3D virtual environments, including (serious) games. The motion of such virtual humans should look realistic (or ânaturalâ) and allow interaction with the surroundings and other (virtual) humans. Current animation techniques differ in the trade-off they offer between motion naturalness and the control that can be exerted over the motion. We show mechanisms to parametrize, combine (on different body parts) and concatenate motions generated by different animation techniques. We discuss several aspects of motion naturalness and show how it can be evaluated. We conclude by showing the promise of combinations of different animation paradigms to enhance both naturalness and control
Finite volume approach for the instationary Cosserat rod model describing the spinning of viscous jets
The spinning of slender viscous jets can be described asymptotically by
one-dimensional models that consist of systems of partial and ordinary
differential equations. Whereas the well-established string models possess only
solutions for certain choices of parameters and set-ups, the more sophisticated
rod model that can be considered as -regularized string is generally
applicable. But containing the slenderness ratio explicitely in the
equations complicates the numerical treatment. In this paper we present the
first instationary simulations of a rod in a rotational spinning process for
arbitrary parameter ranges with free and fixed jet end, for which the hitherto
investigations longed. So we close an existing gap in literature. The numerics
is based on a finite volume approach with mixed central, up- and down-winded
differences, the time integration is performed by stiff accurate Radau methods
Human motion modeling and simulation by anatomical approach
To instantly generate desired infinite realistic human motion is still a great challenge in virtual human simulation. In this paper, the novel emotion effected motion classification and anatomical motion classification are presented, as well as motion capture and parameterization methods. The framework for a novel anatomical approach to model human motion in a HTR (Hierarchical Translations and Rotations) file format is also described. This novel anatomical approach in human motion modelling has the potential to generate desired infinite human motion from a compact motion database. An architecture for the real-time generation of new motions is also propose
The Potential Importance of Non-Local, Deep Transport on the Energetics, Momentum, Chemistry, and Aerosol Distributions in the Atmospheres of Earth, Mars and Titan
A review of non-local, deep transport mechanisms in the atmosphere of Earth
provides a good foundation for examining whether similar mechanisms are
operating in the atmospheres of Mars and Titan. On Earth, deep convective
clouds in the tropics constitute the upward branch of the Hadley Cell and
provide a conduit through which energy, moisture, momentum, aerosols and
chemical species are moved from the boundary layer to the upper troposphere and
lower stratosphere. This transport produces mid-tropospheric minima in
quantities such as water vapor and moist static energy and maxima where the
clouds detrain. Analogs to this terrestrial transport are found in the strong
and deep thermal circulations associated with topography on Mars and with Mars
dust storms. Observations of elevated dust layers on Mars further support the
notion that non-local deep transport is an important mechanism in the
atmosphere of Mars. On Titan, the presence of deep convective clouds almost
assures that non-local, deep transport is occurring and these clouds may play a
role in global cycling of energy, momentum, and methane. Based on the potential
importance of non-local deep transport in Earth's atmosphere and supported by
evidence for such transport in the atmospheres of Mars and Titan, greater
attention to this mechanism in extraterrestrial atmospheres is warranted.Comment: 25 pages, no figures, no table
Revisiting the Local Scaling Hypothesis in Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer Turbulence: an Integration of Field and Laboratory Measurements with Large-eddy Simulations
The `local scaling' hypothesis, first introduced by Nieuwstadt two decades
ago, describes the turbulence structure of stable boundary layers in a very
succinct way and is an integral part of numerous local closure-based numerical
weather prediction models. However, the validity of this hypothesis under very
stable conditions is a subject of on-going debate. In this work, we attempt to
address this controversial issue by performing extensive analyses of turbulence
data from several field campaigns, wind-tunnel experiments and large-eddy
simulations. Wide range of stabilities, diverse field conditions and a
comprehensive set of turbulence statistics make this study distinct
Implementation of the LANS-alpha turbulence model in a primitive equation ocean model
This paper presents the first numerical implementation and tests of the
Lagrangian-averaged Navier-Stokes-alpha (LANS-alpha) turbulence model in a
primitive equation ocean model. The ocean model in which we work is the Los
Alamos Parallel Ocean Program (POP); we refer to POP and our implementation of
LANS-alpha as POP-alpha. Two versions of POP-alpha are presented: the full
POP-alpha algorithm is derived from the LANS-alpha primitive equations, but
requires a nested iteration that makes it too slow for practical simulations; a
reduced POP-alpha algorithm is proposed, which lacks the nested iteration and
is two to three times faster than the full algorithm. The reduced algorithm
does not follow from a formal derivation of the LANS-alpha model equations.
Despite this, simulations of the reduced algorithm are nearly identical to the
full algorithm, as judged by globally averaged temperature and kinetic energy,
and snapshots of temperature and velocity fields. Both POP-alpha algorithms can
run stably with longer timesteps than standard POP.
Comparison of implementations of full and reduced POP-alpha algorithms are
made within an idealized test problem that captures some aspects of the
Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a problem in which baroclinic instability is
prominent. Both POP-alpha algorithms produce statistics that resemble
higher-resolution simulations of standard POP.
A linear stability analysis shows that both the full and reduced POP-alpha
algorithms benefit from the way the LANS-alpha equations take into account the
effects of the small scales on the large. Both algorithms (1) are stable; (2)
make the Rossby Radius effectively larger; and (3) slow down Rossby and gravity
waves.Comment: Submitted to J. Computational Physics March 21, 200
Low-Energy Spin Dynamics of CuO Chains in YBa(2)Cu(3)O(6+x)
We study the spin fluctuation dynamics of Cu-O chains in the oxygen deficient
planes of YBa(2)Cu(3)O(6+x). The chains are described by a model including
antiferromagnetic interactions between the spins and Kondo-like scattering of
the oxygen holes by the copper spins. There are incommensurate spin
fluctuations along the direction of the chains. The dynamic structure factor of
this system is qualitatively different from that of a quasi one-dimensional
localized antiferromagnet due to the presence of itinerant holes. We compute
the dynamic structure factor that could be measured in neutron scattering
experiments.Comment: 2 pages, 2 eps figures, LT22 proceedings, phbauth style file include
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