TY - JOUR
TI - Analyzing and simulating fracture patterns of Theran wall paintings
AU - Shin, H.
AU - Doumas, C.
AU - Funkhouser, T.
AU - Rusinkiewicz, S.
AU - Steiglitz, K.
AU - Vlachopoulos, A.
AU - Weyrich, T.
JO - Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH)
PY - 2012
VL - 5
TODO - 3
SP - null
PB - ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY
SN - 1556-4673, 1556-4711
TODO - 10.1145/2362402.2362404
TODO - Computer programming;  Computer science, Computer assisted;  Cultural heritages;  Fracture pattern;  Geometric analysis;  Interactive programs;  Reconstruction algorithms;  Statistical distribution;  Statistical modeling, Fracture
TODO - In this article, we analyze the fracture patterns observed in wall paintings excavated at Akrotiri, a Bronze Age Aegean settlement destroyed by a volcano on the Greek island of Thera around 1630 BC. We use interactive programs to trace detailed fragment boundaries in images of manually reconstructed wall paintings. Then, we use geometric analysis algorithms to study the shapes and contacts of those fragment boundaries, producing statistical distributions of lengths, angles, areas, and adjacencies found in assembled paintings. The result is a statistical model that suggests a hierarchical fracture pattern where fragments break into two pieces recursively along cracks nearly orthogonal to previous ones. This model is tested by comparing it with simulation results of a hierarchical fracture process. The model could be useful for predicting fracture patterns of other wall paintings and/or for guiding future computer-assisted reconstruction algorithms. © 2012 ACM.
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