Enhanced NURBS modeling and visualization for large 3D geoengineering applications: An example from the Jinping first-level hydropower engineering project, China

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1270-1282

  Zhong, Deng Hua ^a   Li, Ming Chao ^a   Song, Ling Guang ^b   Wang, Gang ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c Chengdu Hydroelectric Investigation and Design Institute   (China)

Author keywords

3D geological modeling; Geological analysis; Hydropower engineering; NURBS; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

HYDROPOWER ENGINEERING; NON-UNIFORM RATIONAL B-SPLINE TECHNIQUE; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

ALGORITHM; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORK; VISUALIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33747377201     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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