ON THE REAL-TIME PHYSICS SIMULATION OF A SPEED-BOAT MOTION

Sergio Casas, Silvia Rueda, José V. Riera, Marcos Fernández

2012

Abstract

Training necessities on watercraft have increased during the last few years and real-time simulators offer a suitable and safe alternative. However, the design of a real-time watercraft simulator implies that, water simulation and water-vehicle interaction have to be addressed efficiently. This paper presents a simplified physics model of the water-vehicle interaction for real-time speed-boat simulators that run over 6-DOF motion platforms. The proposed model is highly parametrizable and can be adapted to any speed-boat by changing the values of the parameters. We propose the evaluation of the designed model in a quantitative and a qualitative way. Evaluations results show that the proposed model behaves like a real one in terms of both objective trajectories and subjective perceived experience.

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Casas S., Rueda S., Riera J. and Fernández M. (2012). ON THE REAL-TIME PHYSICS SIMULATION OF A SPEED-BOAT MOTION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-02-0, pages 121-128. DOI: 10.5220/0003823501210128


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@conference{grapp12,
author={Sergio Casas and Silvia Rueda and José V. Riera and Marcos Fernández},
title={ON THE REAL-TIME PHYSICS SIMULATION OF A SPEED-BOAT MOTION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={121-128},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003823501210128},
isbn={978-989-8565-02-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)
TI - ON THE REAL-TIME PHYSICS SIMULATION OF A SPEED-BOAT MOTION
SN - 978-989-8565-02-0
AU - Casas S.
AU - Rueda S.
AU - Riera J.
AU - Fernández M.
PY - 2012
SP - 121
EP - 128
DO - 10.5220/0003823501210128