Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.15701/kcgs.2019.25.3.143

Water droplet generation technique for 3D water drop sculptures  

Lin, Long-Chun (Graduate School of Media / Dept of Art & Technology Sogang University)
Park, Yeon-yong (Graduate School of Media / Dept of Art & Technology Sogang University)
Jung, Moon Ryul (Graduate School of Media / Dept of Art & Technology Sogang University)
Abstract
This paper presents two new techniques for solving the two problems of the water curtain: 'shape distortion' caused by gravity and 'resolution degradation' caused by fine satellite droplets around the shape. In the first method, when the user converts a three-dimensional model to a vertical sequence of slices, the slices are evenly spaced. The method is to adjust the time points at which the equi-distance slices are created by the nozzle array. In this method, even if the velocity of a water drop increases with time by gravity, the water drop slices maintain the equal interval at the moment of forming the whole shape, thereby preventing distortion. The second method is called the minimum time interval technique. The minimum time interval is the time between the open command of a nozzle and the next open command of the nozzle, so that consecutive water drops are clearly created without satellite drops. When the user converts a three-dimensional model to a sequence of slices, the slices are defined as close as possible, not evenly spaced, considering the minimum time interval of consecutive drops. The slices are arranged in short intervals in the top area of the shape, and the slices are arranged in long intervals in the bottom area of the shape. The minimum time interval is pre-determined by an experiment, and consists of the time from the open command of the nozzle to the time at which the nozzle is fully open, and the time in which the fully open state is maintained, and the time from the close command to the time at which the nozzle is fully closed. The second method produces water drop sculptures with higher resolution than does the first method.
Keywords
3D Water Curtain System of 3D; satellite droplets; Equal interval technique; Minimum time interval technique;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Tao Jun, "The Design and Implementation of a Digitized Water Display System", Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010.
2 Peter C. Barnum, Srinivasa G. narasimhan, Takeo Kanade, "A Multi-Layered Display with Water Drops" SIGGRAPH '10 ACM SIGGRAPH 2010 papers Article No. 76, 2010.
3 B. J. Mason, W. Jayaratne and J. D. Woods, "An improved vibrating capillary device for producing uniform water droplets of 15 to Soopm radius", SCI. Instrum, VOL. 40, 1963.
4 Prof. John W. M. Bush, "Interfacial Phenomena, Fall 2010", MIT OCW, pp 40-44, June 3, 2013
5 Michael Vollmer and Klaus-Peter Mollmann, "Is There a Maximum Size of Water Drops in Nature?", The Physics Teacher Vol. 51, October 2013.
6 Richard N. Berglund and Benjamin Y. H. Liu, "Generation of Monodisperse Aerosol Standards", Sci. Technol, 1973, 7 (2), pp 147-153, February 1973.   DOI