Tensor field visualization using fiber surfaces of invariant space

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Contributors

  • Felix Raith - , Leipzig University (Author)
  • Christian Blecha - , Leipzig University (Author)
  • Thomas Nagel - , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Author)
  • Francesco Parisio - , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Author)
  • Olaf Kolditz - , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (Author)
  • Fabian Günther - , Dortmund University of Technology (Author)
  • Markus Stommel - , Dortmund University of Technology (Author)
  • Gerik Scheuermann - , Leipzig University (Author)

Abstract

Scientific visualization developed successful methods for scalar and vector fields. For tensor fields, however, effective, interactive visualizations are still missing despite progress over the last decades. We present a general approach for the generation of separating surfaces in symmetric, second-order, three-dimensional tensor fields. These surfaces are defined as fiber surfaces of the invariant space, i.e. as pre-images of surfaces in the range of a complete set of invariants. This approach leads to a generalization of the fiber surface algorithm by Klacansky et al. [16] to three dimensions in the range. This is due to the fact that the invariant space is three-dimensional for symmetric second-order tensors over a spatial domain. We present an algorithm for surface construction for simplicial grids in the domain and simplicial surfaces in the invariant space. We demonstrate our approach by applying it to stress fields from component design in mechanical engineering.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number8447439
Pages (from-to)1122-1131
Number of pages10
JournalIEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Volume25
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2019
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0406-5800/work/172570359

Keywords

Keywords

  • Fiber surface, Interaction, Invariants, Tensor field, Visualization