DualFluidNet: an Attention-based Dual-pipeline Network for Accurate and Generalizable Fluid-solid Coupled Simulation

Fluid motion can be considered as point cloud transformation when adopted by a Lagrangian description. Compared to traditional numerical analysis methods, using machine learning techniques to learn physics simulations can achieve near accuracy, while significantly increasing efficiency. In this paper, we propose an innovative approach for 3D fluid simulations utilizing an Attention-based Dual-pipeline Network, which employs a dual-pipeline architecture, seamlessly integrated with an Attention-based Feature Fusion Module. Unlike previous single-pipeline approaches, we find that a well-designed dual-pipeline approach achieves a better balance between global fluid control and physical law constraints. Furthermore, we design a Type-aware Input Module to adaptively recognize particles of different types and perform feature fusion afterward, such that fluid-solid coupling issues can be better dealt with. The experiments show that our approach significantly increases the accuracy of fluid simulation predictions and enhances generalizability to previously unseen scenarios. We demonstrate its superior performance over the state-of-the-art approaches across various metrics.