Ankara : The Department of Computer Engineering and The Institute of Engineering and Science of Bilkent University, 2010.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 2010.Includes bibliographical references leaves 117-121.The applications of computer graphics raise new expectations, such as realistic
rendering, real-time dynamic scenes and physically correct simulations. The
aim of this thesis is to investigate these problems on the height eld structure,
an extended 2D model that can be processed e ciently by data-parallel architectures.
This thesis presents methods for simulation of deformations on height eld
as caused by triangular objects, physical simulation of objects interacting with
height eld and advanced visualization of deformations. The height eld is stored
in two di erent resolutions to support fast rendering and precise physical simulations
as required. The methods are implemented as part of a large-scale height-
eld management system, which applies additional level of detail and culling
optimizations for the proposed methods and data structures. The solutions provide
real-time interaction and recent graphics hardware (GPU) capabilities are
utilized to achieve real-time results. All the methods described in this thesis
are demonstrated by a sample application and performance characteristics and
results are presented to support the conclusions.Yalçın, M AdilM.S
