Ing. Petr Pauš, Ph.D.

Publications

Segmentation of color images using mean curvature flow and parametric curves

Authors
Pauš, P.; Yazaki, S.
Year
2021
Published
Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. Series S. 2021, 14(3), 1123-1132. ISSN 1937-1632.
Type
Article
Annotation
Automatic detection of objects in photos and images is beneficial in various scientific and industrial fields. This contribution suggests an algorithm for segmentation of color images by the means of the parametric mean curvature flow equation and CIE94 color distance function. The parametric approach is enriched by the enhanced algorithm for topological changes where the intersection of curves is computed instead of unreliable curve distance. The result is a set of parametric curves enclosing the object. The algorithm is presented on a test image and also on real photos.

On optimal node spacing for immersed boundary–lattice Boltzmann method in 2D and 3D

Authors
Fučík, R.; Eichler, P.; Straka, R.; Pauš, P.; Klinkovský, J.; Oberhuber, T.
Year
2019
Published
Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 2019, 77(4), 1144-1162. ISSN 0898-1221.
Type
Article
Annotation
A computational study on optimal spacing of Lagrangian nodes discretizing a rigid and immobile immersed body boundary in 2D and 3D is presented in order to show how the density of the Lagrangian points affects the numerical results of the Immersed Boundary–Lattice Boltzmann Method (IB–LBM). The study is based on the implicit velocity correction-based IB–LBM proposed by Wu and Shu (2009, 2010) that allows computing the fluid–body interaction force. However, the (original) method fails for densely spaced Lagrangian points due to ill-conditioned or even singular linear systems that arise from the derivation of the method. We propose a modification that improves the solvability of the linear systems and compare the performance of both methods using several benchmark problems. The results show how the spacing of the Lagrangian points affects the numerical results, mainly the permeability of the discretized body boundary in applications to fluid flows over rigid obstacles and blood flows in arteries in 2D and 3D.