Flow visualization for Lagrangian particle methods
Abstract
In particle methods, each particle represents a finite region over which there is a distribution of the field quantity of interest. The field value at any point is calculated by summing the distribution functions for all the particles. This summation procedure does not require the use of any connectivities to generate continuous fields. Various AVS modules and networks have been developed that enable us to visualize the results from particle methods. This will be demonstrated by visualizing a numerical simulation of a rising, chaotic bubble. In this fluid dynamics simulation, each particle represents a region with a specified vorticity distribution.
- Publication:
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Presented at the 1994 International American Vacuum Society Users Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1994
- Bibcode:
- 1994avs..conf....2G
- Keywords:
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- Bubbles;
- Distribution Functions;
- Flow Visualization;
- Fluid Dynamics;
- Lagrangian Function;
- Navier-Stokes Equation;
- Two Phase Flow;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Vortices;
- Vorticity;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer