Meshless Helmholtz-Hodge Decomposition

Vector fields analysis traditionally distinguishes conservative (curl-free) from mass preserving (divergence-free) components. The Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition allows separating any vector field into the sum of three uniquely defined components: curl-free, divergence-free and harmonic. This decomposition is usually achieved by using mesh-based methods such as finite differences or finite elements. This work presents a new meshless approach to the Helmholtz-Hodge decomposition for the analysis of 2D discrete vector fields. It embeds into the SPH particle-based framework. The proposed method is efficient and can be applied to extract features from a 2D discrete vector field and to multiphase fluid flow simulation to ensure incompressibility.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: TVCG
• Authors: Fabiano Petronetto, Afonso Paiva, Marcos Lage, Geovan Tavares, Hélio Lopes, Thomas Lewiner
• Keywords: 2D Discrete Vector, Helmholtz-Hodge Decomposition, SPH Particle-based Framework, TVCG 2010