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Effects of Wind on Virtual Plants in Animation

Author(s) -

Tina L. M. Derzaph,

Howard J. Hamilton

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of computer games technology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.248

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 1687-7055

pISSN - 1687-7047

DOI - 10.1155/2013/674848

Subject(s) - plant growth , growth rate , animation , radius , flow (mathematics) , wind speed , elongation , environmental science , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , horticulture , computer science , mathematics , geology , biology , physics , geometry , materials science , computer graphics (images) , composite material , computer security , ultimate tensile strength

This paper presents the Growth-Flow method for animating the effect of wind on the motion and growth of virtual plant branches and leaves. The method incorporates changes to the growth rate when a plant is exposed to winds with speeds higher than a threshold. In particular, growth rate is reduced in branch elongation, increased in the branch radius, reduced in leaf length, and increased in leaf thickness. In addition, when a plant is exposed to wind for long time periods, the branch growth angle is changed to align more closely with the wind vector. The Growth-Flow method incorporates all these effects on growth and motion due to wind in one algorithm

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