“Three Dimensional Fractal Growth (DLA)” by IBM Corporation

Title:

Three Dimensional Fractal Growth (DLA)

Conference:

• SIGGRAPH 1992

SIGGRAPH Video Review:

• Issue 82: SIGGRAPH '92 Electronic Theater Part 2 of 2 and Science Reel (Track #16)

Length:

2:13

Company / Institution / Agency:

• IBM Corporation

Description:

Fractal cluster growth occurs in a wide range of physical phenomena, such as particle aggregation and viscous fingering. A common model for this growth is Diffusion-Limited Aggregation (DA) in which particles move following Brownian Motion and adhere when they strike existing particles. The music accompanying the video is also fractal, derived from the history of IBM stock prices.

Hardware:

HARDWARE: IBM POWER Visualization
Server

Software:

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Alias Roy racing by Alias
Research, Inc.

Additional Contributors:

Doryl H. Hepting, F. David Fracchia, Lionel J. Woog, Richard F. Voss
PRODUCER: Benoit B. Mandelbrot
SPONSOR: IBM and Yale University

Animation / Video Overview:

SIGGRAPH 1992 Animation / Video

Type:

Animation / Video