3D Reconstruction of Funnel Flow Boundary Using Automatic Point Set Extraction

Abstract The paper presents an automatic point set extraction method for reconstructing 3D tomography images of funnel flow boundary. The method clearly shows the boundary between the funnel flow and stagnant zone during silo discharging process. After adjusting the contrast of the original X-ray CT image and applying filter function, the intensity profile of the image shows a high jump corresponding to the local flow boundary position at a specific height of the silo model. By extracting and connecting those jump points gave us a boundary line of the funnel flow from the stagnant. The outcome of segmented image opens a door for analysing further about funnel flow in 3D images.

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