Interactive computational models of particle dynamics using virtual reality

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:576185

Canfield, T; Diachin, D; Freitag, L; Heath, D; Herzog, J ^[1]; Michels, W ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
2. Nalco Fuel Tech, Naperville, IL (United States)

An increasing number of industrial applications rely on computational models to reduce costs in product design, development, and testing cycles. Here, the authors discuss an interactive environment for the visualization, analysis, and modification of computational models used in industrial settings. In particular, they focus on interactively placing massless, massed, and evaporating particulate matter in computational fluid dynamics applications.they discuss the numerical model used to compute the particle pathlines in the fluid flow for display and analysis. They briefly describe the toolkits developed for vector and scalar field visualization, interactive particulate source placement, and a three-dimensional GUI interface. This system is currently used in two industrial applications, and they present the tools in the context of these applications. They summarize the current state of the project and offer directions for future research.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 576185
• Report Number(s): ANL/MCS-P-609-0996; CONF-9610343-; ON: DE98001321; TRN: AHC29807%%139
• Resource Relation: Conference: Symposium on virtual reality in manufacturing research and education, Chicago, IL (United States), 7-8 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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