Visualization in computational fluid dynamics: a case study

  • Authors:
  • Robert Haimes;Dave Darmofal

  • Affiliations:
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

  • Venue:
  • VIS '91 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Visualization '91
  • Year:
  • 1991

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Abstract

VISUAL3 is a highly-interactive environment for the visualization of 3D volumetric scientific data. The volume may be broken up in a structured or unstructured manner. Also, the problem may be static or unsteady in time. Because the data is volumetric (not just surfaces), and all the information can be changing, traditional CAD techniques are not appropriate. Therefore VISUAL3 was developed using immediate mode rendering methods.A unique aspect of VISUAL3 is the dimensional windowing approach coupled with cursor mapping which allows efficient pointing in 3D space.VISUAL3 is composed of a large number of visualization tools that can be generally classified into identification, scanning and probing techniques.