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Constructing streak surfaces for 3D unsteady vector fields

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Tony McLoughlin,

Robert S. Laramee,

Eugene ZhangAuthors Info & Claims

SCCG '10: Proceedings of the 26th Spring Conference on Computer Graphics

Pages 17 - 26

https://doi.org/10.1145/1925059.1925066

Published: 13 May 2010 Publication History

Abstract

Visualization of 3D, unsteady flow (4D) is very difficult due to both perceptual challenges and the large size of 4D vector field data. One approach to this challenge is to use integral surfaces to visualize the 4D properties of the field. However the construction of streak surfaces has remained elusive due to problems stemming from expensive computation and complex meshing schemes. We present a novel streak surface construction algorithm that generates the surface using a quadrangular mesh. In contrast to previous approaches the algorithm offers a combination of speed for exploration of 3D unsteady flow, high precision, and places less restriction on data or mesh size due to its CPU-based implementation compared to a GPU-based method. The algorithm can be applied to large data sets because it is based on local operations performed on the quad primitives. We demonstrate the technique on a variety of 3D, unsteady simulation data sets to show its speed and robustness. We also present both a detailed implementation and a performance evaluation. We show that a technique based on quad meshes handles large data sets and can achieve interactive frame rates.

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Constructing streak surfaces for 3D unsteady vector fields
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Image manipulation
    2. Shape modeling
      1. Parametric curve and surface models

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SCCG '10: Proceedings of the 26th Spring Conference on Computer Graphics

May 2010

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ISBN:9781450305587

DOI:10.1145/1925059

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Chae JKim DJeong WJo EJeong WChoi JKim SKim MLee JLee HHan J(2022)Virtual Air Conditioner’s Airflow Simulation and Visualization in ARProceedings of the 28th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology10.1145/3562939.3565615(1-11)Online publication date: 29-Nov-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3562939.3565615
Tucker P(2016)Pre- and Post-ProcessingAdvanced Computational Fluid and Aerodynamics10.1017/CBO9781139872010.008(459-532)Online publication date: 5-Jun-2016
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139872010.008
Guo HZhang JLiu RLiu LYuan XHuang JMeng XPan J(2014)Advection-Based Sparse Data Management for Visualizing Unsteady FlowIEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics10.1109/TVCG.2014.234641820:12(2555-2564)Online publication date: 31-Dec-2014
https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2014.2346418
Edmunds MLaramee RChen GMax NZhang EWare C(2012)Surface-based flow visualizationComputers & Graphics10.1016/j.cag.2012.07.00636:8(974-990)Online publication date: Dec-2012
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