Scientific Visualization of Physical Phenomena
Nicholas M. Patrikalakis(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published in July 1991
Book
Hardback
X, 690 pages
978-3-540-70081-4 (ISBN)
Description
Scientific Visualization of Physical Phenomena reflects the special emphasis of the Computer Graphics Society's Ninth International Conference, held at the MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA in June, 1991. This volume contains the proceedings of the conference, which, since its foundation in 1983, continues to attract high quality research articles in all aspects of Computer Graphics and its applications. Visualization in science and engineering is rapidly developing into a vital area because of its potential for significantly contributing to the understanding of physical processes and the design automation of man-made systems. With the increasing emphasis in handling complicated physical and artificial processes and systems and with continuing advances in specialized graphics hardware and processing software and algorithms, visualization is expected to play an increasingly dominant role in the foreseeable future.
TOC: Contents: Keynote and Invited Papers.- Animation.- Parallel Processing.- Volume Rendering.- Visualization Methods.- Ray Tracing/Rendering.- Picture Generation.- Computational Geometry.- Visualization in Engineering.- Fluid Flow Visualization.- Applications.
TOC: Contents: Keynote and Invited Papers.- Animation.- Parallel Processing.- Volume Rendering.- Visualization Methods.- Ray Tracing/Rendering.- Picture Generation.- Computational Geometry.- Visualization in Engineering.- Fluid Flow Visualization.- Applications.
More details
Language
German
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
533 figs., incl. 233 in colour
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
1340 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-70081-4 (9783540700814)
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Contents: Keynote and Invited Papers.- Animation.- Parallel Processing.- Volume Rendering.- Visualization Methods.- Ray Tracing/Rendering.- Picture Generation.- Computational Geometry.- Visualization in Engineering.- Fluid Flow Visualization.- Applications.