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Bringing Topology-Based Flow Visualization to the Application Domain

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Topology-Based Methods in Visualization II

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The visualization community is currently witnessing strong advances in topology-based flow visualization research. Numerous algorithms have been pro posed since the introduction of this class of approaches in 1989. Yet despite the many advances in the field, topology-based flow visualization methods have, until now, failed to penetrate industry. Application domain experts are still, in general, not using topological analysis and visualization in daily practice. We present a range of state-of-the art topology-based flow visualization methods such as vortex core line extraction, singularity and separatrix extraction, and periodic orbit extraction techniques, and apply them to real-world data sets. Applications include the visual ization of engine simulation data such as in-cylinder flow, cooling jacket flow, as well as flow around a spinning missile. The novel application of periodic orbit extraction to the boundary surface of a cooling jacket is presented. Based on our experiences, we then describe what we believe needs to be done in order to bring topological flow visualization methods to industry-level software applications. We believe this discussion will inspire useful directions for future work.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Swansea University, Wales, UK

    Robert S. Laramee

  2. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

    Guoning Chen & Eugene Zhang

  3. Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi

    Monika Jankun-Kelly & David Thompson

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Laramee, R.S., Chen, G., Jankun-Kelly, M., Zhang, E., Thompson, D. (2009). Bringing Topology-Based Flow Visualization to the Application Domain. In: Hege, HC., Polthier, K., Scheuermann, G. (eds) Topology-Based Methods in Visualization II. Mathematics and Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88606-8_12

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