Title :
Towards interactive steering, visualization and animation of unsteady finite element simulations
Author :
Kerlick, G. David ; Kirby, Elizabeth
Author_Institution :
Boeing Computer Services Res. & Technology, Bellevue, WA, USA
Abstract :
Progress towards interactive steering of the time-accurate, unsteady finite-element simulation program DYNA3D is reported. Rudimentary steering has been demonstrated in a distributed computational environment encompassing a supercomputer, multiple graphics workstations, and a single frame animation recorder. The coroutine facility of AVS (application visualization system from AVS Inc.) and software produced in-house has been coordinated to prove the concept. This work also applies to other large batch-oriented FORTRAN simulations ("dusty decks") presently in production use
Keywords :
computer animation; computer graphic equipment; data visualisation; digital simulation; engineering graphics; finite element analysis; interactive systems; workstations; AVS; DYNA3D; animation; application visualization system; coroutine facility; distributed computational environment; engineering; interactive steering; large batch-oriented FORTRAN simulations; multiple graphics workstations; single frame animation recorder; software; supercomputer; time-accurate unsteady finite element simulation program; visualization; Animation; Application software; Computational modeling; Distributed computing; Finite element methods; Graphics; Production; Supercomputers; Visualization; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Visualization, 1993. Visualization '93, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3940-7
DOI :
10.1109/VISUAL.1993.398895
