A Physics-Based Estimation of Mean Curvature Normal Vector for Triangulated Surfaces

DOI10.15673/TMGC.V12I1.1377zbMATH Open1445.53009arXiv1902.02271OpenAlexW2954300018MaRDI QIDQ5115633FDOQ5115633

Mirza Cenanovic, Sudip Das, Junfeng Zhang

Publication date: 17 August 2020

Published in: Proceedings of the International Geometry Center (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this note, we derive an approximation for the mean curvature normal vector on vertices of triangulated surface meshes from the Young-Laplace equation and the force balance principle. We then demonstrate that the approximation expression from our physics-based derivation is equivalent to the discrete Laplace-Beltrami operator approach in the literature. This work, in addition to providing an alternative expression to calculate the mean curvature normal vector, can be further extended to other mesh structures, including non-triangular and heterogeneous meshes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.02271

zbMATH Keywords

Laplace-Beltrami operatormean curvaturemultiphase flowscomputer graphics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects) (68U05) Discrete differential geometry (53A70)

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