Interactive visualization of CFD results ASCETE
Abstract
The study of interactive visualization of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) results by ASCETE (a French acronym for aid to simulation and comprehension of 3D external flows) software is presented. This software is running on Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) platforms and is used to show steady or unsteady results in fluid dynamics or in other domains where results are mainly scalar and vector fields. The basis of the present version is stuctured grids with a number of points allowed to vary with time. Some extensions are underway and concern mainly multiblock structured grids and unstructured grids. So it is possible to explore unsteady results. A graphical interface and graphic visualizations are used the GL library. The code is written in C for the interface and in FORTRAN for the visualizations. This software can be used on a multiprocessor Power station but runs on a Personal Iris.
- Publication:
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VKI Computer Graphics Flow Visualization and Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991VCGFV.........L
- Keywords:
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- Computational Grids;
- Computer Graphics;
- Computer Programs;
- Man-Computer Interface;
- Numerical Flow Visualization;
- Workstations;
- Abstracts;
- C (Programming Language);
- Computational Fluid Dynamics;
- Fortran;
- Software Engineering;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer