Parallel visualization of large-scale aerodynamics calculations: A case study on the cray T3E

Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Symposium on Parallel Visualization and Graphics, PVGS 1999

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 15-20

  Ma, Kwan Liu ^a   Crockett, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Parallel algorithms; Parallel rendering; Scientific visualization; T3E; Unstructured grids; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; GEOMETRY; NASA; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; SPACE FLIGHT; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE-SCALE AERODYNAMICS; PARALLEL RENDERING; PARALLEL VISUALIZATION; PARALLEL VOLUME RENDERING ALGORITHMS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 85001837906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/328712.319332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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