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Visualization of Meshless Simulations Using Fourier Volume Rendering

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Progress on Meshless Methods

Part of the book series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences ((COMPUTMETHODS,volume 11))

Fourier volume rendering is a volume visualization technique first applied to regular grid data. We adapt this technique to deal directly with meshless data, with the intended application of visualizing simulations which use meshless meth¬ods to solve the underlying equations of the simulation. Because we consider a general class of meshless data, the technique is applicable to the data produced by many meshless methods such as Kansa's method, symmetric collocation, and smoothed particle hydrodynamics. We discuss the technique's implementation on graphics hardware, and demonstrate its usefulness in visualizing data produced by both astrophysical and fluid dynamics simulations.

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  1. Department of Computational and Data Sciences, MS 642, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22030-4444, USA

    Andrew Corrigan & John Wallin

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 31, Maribor, SI-2000, Slovenia

    Matej Vesenjak

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Gestão Industrial, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, 4200-465, Portugal

    A. J. M. Ferreira

  2. University of California Davis, California, USA

    E. J. Kansa

  3. Department of Applied Mathematics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 60616, USA

    G. E. Fasshauer

  4. Instituto Superior Técnico, DECivil/ICIST, TU Lisbon, Portugal

    V. M. A. Leitão

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Corrigan, A., Wallin, J., Vesenjak, M. (2009). Visualization of Meshless Simulations Using Fourier Volume Rendering. In: Ferreira, A.J.M., Kansa, E.J., Fasshauer, G.E., Leitão, V.M.A. (eds) Progress on Meshless Methods. Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8821-6_17

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