PIC/FLIP Fluid Simulation - 25 Million Particle Test
This program is an implementation of a PIC/FLIP fluid simulation based on methods described in Robert Bridson's "Fluid Simulation for Computer Graphics" textbook.
Simulation visualization was rendered in Blender.
Simulation Details:
Frames 376
Simulation time 36.6 hours
Particle to mesh time 30 hours
Render time 53 hours (100 samples)
Total time 119.6 hours
Simulation resolution 448 x 256 x 168
Mesh Resolution 896 x 512 x 336
Peak # of particles 25.1 Million
Peak RAM usage 3.2 GB
Bake file size 31.5 GB
Computer specs: ultrabook style laptop with Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz processor, integrated Intel HD4400 graphics chip, and 8GB RAM.
Source code: https://github.com/rlguy/GridFluidSim3D