Visualizing Vector Field Topology in Fluid Flows

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 36-46

  Heiman, James L ^a   Hesselink, Lambertus ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - VECTORS; SURFACES;

CLIPPING; SEPARATED FLOWS; SURFACE TOPOLOGY; TESSELATION; VECTOR FIELD TOPOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0026154345     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/38.79452     Document Type: Article

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