Flow visualization and field line advection in computational fluid dynamics: Application to magnetic fields and turbulent flows

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mininni, Pablo ^a,b   Lee, Ed ^b   Norton, Alan ^b   Clyne, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VECTORS; VISUALIZATION;

3D VECTORS; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCES; CURRENT PRACTICES; FIELD LINES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD LINES; MHD TURBULENCES; NOVEL ALGORITHMS; OPEN SOURCES; SCIENTIFIC VISUALIZATIONS; TRACK STRUCTURES; VECTOR FIELD VISUALIZATIONS; VECTOR FIELDS; VECTOR QUANTITIES; VISUAL DATA ANALYSES; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

EID: 57849099640     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/125007     Document Type: Article

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