Visualisation in tunnelling

Author

Opriessnig, G. ; Beer, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Struct. Anal., Tech. Univ. Graz, Austria

fYear

1998

fDate

29-31 Jul 1998

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

38

Abstract

Numerical simulation in tunnelling poses a particular challenge to scientific visualisation. Apart from the need for displaying geological features, one also has to visualise 3D multivariable scalar fields, such as the amount of damage in the rock mass. This paper presents a novel visualisation technique, which is being developed within the Joint Research Initiative (JRI) entitled “Numerical Simulation in Tunnelling” (SiTu), which can be very effectively applied to the display of geological features or to the results of computer simulations. The software has been presented at the “Computer Animation and Effects Show”, using realistic examples in tunnelling. Display options include virtual reality and temporal/spatial fogging techniques for displaying scalar fields

Keywords

civil engineering computing; data visualisation; engineering graphics; geology; geophysics computing; mining; numerical analysis; rocks; virtual reality; 3D multivariable scalar fields; Joint Research Initiative; SiTu project; computer animation; computer simulations; geological feature display; numerical simulation; rock mass damage; scientific visualisation; spatial fogging techniques; temporal fogging techniques; tunnelling; virtual reality; visual effects; Animation; Computational modeling; Computer displays; Computer simulation; Geology; Numerical simulation; Research initiatives; Tunneling; Virtual reality; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Visualization, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

1093-9547

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8509-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IV.1998.694196

Filename

694196