Animation of Soap Bubble Dynamics, Cluster Formation and Collision

The deformable models are useful for variety of computer graphics applications. Because they are dynamic, our models are well suited to physics-based animation tasks. This paper deals with a complete computer simulation of soap bubbles from a dynamic perspective, which should prove to be of great interest to physicists and mathematicians. We discuss the dynamic formation of irregular bubble clusters and how to animate bubbles. The resulting model takes into account surface tension, film elasticity, and shape variations due to gravity and external wind forces. We will solve additional problems such as attraction of bubbles, collision with a wet plane, and enlargement of the bubble size during collision. Bubble creation and destruction are also presented. Big challenge is to calculate a common surface between two colliding bubbles. Mathematics Subject Classification 2000: I.3.6, I.3.7 Additional