Amplitude and Phase Computable Ocean Wave Real-Time Modeling with GPU Acceleration

Abstract

The CBATS (carrier-based aircraft take-off and landing training system) is an important application of virtual reality technology in the simulation field. Large-scale, real-time ocean simulations are the biggest challenge to the authenticity of the visual system of CBATS and are also currently the main research hotspot in the field of computer graphics. In this paper, a hybrid Ocean Modeling Method based on wavelet transform is presented. This method introduces an accurate phase calculation and a wind-field model solution to compensate for the randomness of wave generation and the lack of physical mechanism in spectral methods. The computational cost is greatly reduced by using a rough spatial grid to calculate the amplitude and phase values at any point in space, which effectively avoids Nyquist–Shannon Theorem limitations caused by the numerical solutions of PDEs (partial differential equations), and a high-fidelity simulation of high frequency, detailed sea surface and coherent phase-dependent wave effects is achieved. Practical verification shows that the method can fully meet the real-time simulation training requirements of CBATS with a strong real-time performance and good stability. Thus, it could play a significant role in improving the performance of the visual system.

Keywords

• visual ocean real-time simulation
• interpolation calculation of wave phase
• high-frequency detail effect of sea surface simulation
• wave–wind model simulation