• DocumentCode
    849956
  • Title

    Modeling, simulation and visualization: the Pentagon on September 11th

  • Author

    Hoffmann, Chris ; Popescu, Voicu ; Kilic, Sami ; Sozen, Mete

  • Author_Institution
    Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    60
  • Abstract
    Researchers used a custom importer to simplify and load simulation data from the September 11th Pentagon attack into a commercial animation system. The resulting high-quality impact visualization combines state-of-the-art graphics with a state-of-the-art engineering simulation.
  • Keywords
    computer animation; data visualisation; digital simulation; disasters; engineering graphics; finite element analysis; structural engineering computing; September 11th Pentagon attack; commercial animation system; custom importer; high quality impact visualization; simulation data; state-of-the-art engineering simulation; state-of-the-art graphics; Aircraft manufacture; Aircraft propulsion; Animation; Buildings; Concrete; Data visualization; Graphics; Layout; Solid modeling; Terrorism;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computing in Science & Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1521-9615
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCISE.2004.1255821
  • Filename
    1255821