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An importance sampling vortex particle method for turbulence visualization simulation in maritime simulators.

Tianhui Zhu¹, Hongxiang Ren², Rui Tao¹

¹Navigation College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, 116026, China.

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|November 1, 2025

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We developed a new importance sampling vortex particle method for realistic maritime simulator turbulence. This approach significantly reduces variance and enhances fluid simulation accuracy for better ocean scenes.

Keywords:

Computer graphics Importance sampling Maritime simulator Ocean scene visualization Vortex particle method

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Fluid dynamics
Computational physics
Computer graphics

Background:

Physically-based turbulence modeling is crucial for realistic maritime simulator scenarios.
Existing methods face computational challenges in simulating detailed turbulent fluid motion.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel importance sampling vortex particle method for simulating fluid turbulence.
To enhance the realism and accuracy of maritime simulator environments.
To address the computational cost of traditional vortex particle methods.

Main Methods:

Utilized a Monte Carlo estimator to approximate global vorticity within the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) framework.
Developed a probability function for importance sampling of vortex particles.
Implemented a novel importance sampling vortex particle method.

Main Results:

Successfully approximated global vorticity, mitigating high computational costs.
Effectively suppressed high-frequency variance fluctuations in the vorticity field.
Reduced vorticity field variance by approximately 27% compared to uniform sampling.
Achieved visually prominent turbulent fluid motion.

Conclusions:

The proposed importance sampling vortex particle method significantly improves fluid simulation accuracy.
This technique offers a computationally efficient approach to realistic turbulence modeling.
Provides a valuable theoretical reference for realistic ocean scene simulation in maritime simulators.