Modelling Growth and Form of the Scleractinian Coral Pocillopora verrucosa and the Influence of Hydrodynamics
Figure 3
An example of three consecutive accretive growth steps.
(A–C) Accretive growth steps; vertex vi represents a simulated corallite. The new layer is constructed along the direction of normal vector ni of the vertex vi. A, B and C are three consecutive growth steps where triangles are inserted once the surface of the object increases.