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An Object-Oriented Interactive System for Scientific Simulations: Design and Applications

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Better insight in complex physical processes requires integration of scientific visualization and numerical simulation in a single interactive framework. This paper presents an object-oriented environment which combines the tasks of numerical simulation, visualization, simulation specification, run-time monitoring and steering.

We first review the different existing approaches to the above tasks and outline their relative limitations. Next, we present a model for a framework which attempts to provide a general approach to the tasks of simulation specification and steering in an object-oriented manner. An implementation of the framework is described.

We have built an object-oriented library for finite element computations and integrated it into the simulation system. An example in which our system has been used to solve a practical engineering problem illustrates the combination of object-oriented numerics and interactivity.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

    A. C. Telea & C. W. A. M. van Overveld

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  1. Wissenschaftliche Visualisierung, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, Takustraße 7, D-14195, Berlin, Germany

    Hans-Christian Hege

  2. Fachbereich 3, Mathematik, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 136, D-10623, Berlin, Germany

    Konrad Polthier

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Telea, A.C., van Overveld, C.W.A.M. (1998). An Object-Oriented Interactive System for Scientific Simulations: Design and Applications. In: Hege, HC., Polthier, K. (eds) Mathematical Visualization. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03567-2_16

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