PIC/FLIP Fluid Simulation - Dam Break
This animation was simulated in a fluid simulation program that I am writing. The program outputs a triangle mesh for each simulated frame which is then imported into Blender and rendered using Cycles.
Simulation visualization was rendered in Blender.
Simulation Details:
Frames 220
Simulation time 12.7 hours
Render time |12.8 hours (100 samples)
Total time 25.5 hours
Simulation resolution 256 x 256 x 128
Mesh Resolution 512 x 512 x 256
Peak # of particles 10.7 Million
Peak RAM usage 756 MB
Bake file size 4.5 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