Computer Visualization: Graphics Techniques for Engineering and Scientific Analysis / Edition 1

by Richard S. Gallagher, Solomon Press

Overview

Rapid advances in 3-D scientific visualization have made a major impact on the display of behavior. The use of 3-D has become a key component of both academic research and commercial product development in the field of engineering design. Computer Visualization presents a unified collection of computer graphics techniques for the scientific visualization of behavior. The book combines a basic overview of the fundamentals of computer graphics with a practitioner-oriented review of the latest 3-D graphics display and visualization techniques. Each chapter is written by well-known experts in the field.

The first section reviews how computer graphics visualization techniques have evolved to work with digital numerical analysis methods. The fundamentals of computer graphics that apply to the visualization of analysis data are also introduced.

The second section presents a detailed discussion of the algorithms and techniques used to visualize behavior in 3-D, as static, interactive, or animated imagery. It discusses the mathematics of engineering data for visualization, as well as providing the current methods used for the display of scalar, vector, and tensor fields. It also examines the more general issues of visualizing a continuum volume field and animating the dimensions of time and motion in a state of behavior.

The final section focuses on production visualization capabilities, including the practical computational aspects of visualization such as user interfaces, database architecture, and interaction with a model. The book concludes with an outline of successful practical applications of visualization, and future trends in scientific visualization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849390500
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/22/1994
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Scientific Visualization: An Engineering Perspective
R. Gallagher
An Overview of Computer Graphics for Visualization
A. Fournier and J. Buchanan
Scientific Visualization Techniques
Analysis Data for Visualization
M. Shephard and W. Schroeder
Scalar Visualization Techniques
R. Gallagher
A Unified Framework for Flow Visualization
T. Delmarcelle and L. Hesselink
Continuum Volume Display
A. Kaufman and L. Sobierajski
Animation and the Examination of Behavior over Time
E. Pepke
Applications Issues and Future Trends
Systems Aspects of Visualization Applications
D. Parker
Applications of Visualization to Design and Analysis
L Richards
Future Trends in Scientific Visualization
R. Gallagher