Foamgen: generate foam morphology¶
Foamgen is a package that can be used to create spatially three-dimensional virtual representations of foam morphology with desired foam density, cell size distribution and strut content.
Here are some features of Foamgen:
Generation of closed-cell and open-cell morphology
Input parameters are based on physical aspects that can be experimentally determined
Cells are created using weighted tessellation so that desired size distribution is achieved
Mesh generated foam either using structured equidistant grid or unstructured tetrahedral mesh
Modular - easy to run only parts of the generation process
Open-source package with MIT license
Structured mesh workflow consists of several steps (for more details see [Fer18]):
Dense sphere packing
Laguerre tessellation
Geometric morphology creation
Meshing
References¶
- Fer18
Pavel Ferkl. Mathematical Modelling of Properties and Evolution of Polymer Foams. PhD thesis, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, 2018.