Visualization of high resolution, three-dimensional, nonlinear finite element analyses

Author

Christon, Mark A. ; Spelce, Thomas

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

19-23 Oct 1992

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

331

Abstract

A two-pass surface extraction algorithm for adaptive finite-element meshes is presented in the context of a visualization study for a particle impact and a turbine-blade containment problem. The direct use of finite-element data structures for the computation of external surfaces, surface normals, and derived physical qualities is discussed. An overview of the in-betweening which accounts for rigid body dynamics effects is presented, with a brief discussion of a direct-to-videodisk animation strategy

Keywords

data visualisation; finite element analysis; mathematics computing; mesh generation; 3D FEA; adaptive finite-element meshes; derived physical qualities; direct-to-videodisk animation; external surfaces; finite-element data structures; high resolution; in-betweening; nonlinear finite element analyses; particle impact; rigid body dynamics; surface normals; turbine-blade containment; two-pass surface extraction algorithm; visualization study; Animation; Blades; Capacitive sensors; Data mining; Data visualization; Finite element methods; Laboratories; Tensile stress; Topology; Turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualization, 1992. Visualization '92, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2897-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VISUAL.1992.235192

Filename

235192