An efficient 3-D visualization technique for finite element models and other coarse volumes

Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH 1989

Volumn , Issue , 1989, Pages 185-194

  Gallagher, Richard S ^a   Nagtegaal, Joop C ^a  

^a Karlsson and Sorensen Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Isosnrface; Postprocessing; Scientific visualization; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; LIGHT SOURCES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VISUALIZATION; VOLUME RENDERING;

3D VISUALIZATION; CUBIC POLYNOMIALS; HIGH SPEED DISPLAYS; ISOSNRFACE; POSTPROCESSING; SURFACE NORMALS; TIME PROCESSING; VISUALIZATION METHOD;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 85004272231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/74333.74352     Document Type: Conference Paper

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