Title :
Animated illuminated lines for flow visualization
Author_Institution :
Adv. Visual Syst. Ltd., Chertsey, UK
Abstract :
A method of using a dynamic texture on 3D polylines to represent field streamlines is described for the purpose of visualizing continuous fluid dynamic fields. The method combines stream lines and particle animation into one hybrid technique, and employs texture display on lines to represent full 3D lighting, motion and 3D flow structure in one view. The technique exploits texture graphics systems in common use for games, and achieves high graphics efficiency during animation
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; computer animation; data visualisation; flow visualisation; image texture; 3D flow structure; 3D lighting; 3D polylines; animated illuminated lines; continuous fluid dynamic fields; dynamic texture; field streamlines; flow visualization; games; graphics efficiency; hybrid technique; particle animation; stream lines; texture display; texture graphics systems; Animation; Computational fluid dynamics; Computer graphics; Data visualization; Displays; Fluid dynamics; Interpolation; Lighting; Shape; Visual system;
Conference_Titel :
Information Visualisation, 2001. Proceedings. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1195-3
DOI :
10.1109/IV.2001.942076
