A central feature that scientists are interested in is the dynamics of fluid interfaces or the so called material boundaries in multi-fluid simulation . Visualization techniques for capturing fluid interface are based on one of about three basic algorithms. In this paper, we give a survey of the existing interface tracking algorithms, including backgrounds, terms, procedures as well as pointers to details and further reading. We also provide a glance at the mathematical fundamentals of multi-fluid dynamics for scientists who are interested in understanding the underlying math and physics of multi-phase fluid simulation.
@InProceedings{chen_et_al:OASIcs.VLUDS.2010.11, author = {Chen, Fang and Hagen, Hans}, title = {{A Survey of Interface Tracking Methods in Multi-phase Fluid Visualization}}, booktitle = {Visualization of Large and Unstructured Data Sets - Applications in Geospatial Planning, Modeling and Engineering (IRTG 1131 Workshop)}, pages = {11--19}, series = {Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-939897-29-3}, ISSN = {2190-6807}, year = {2011}, volume = {19}, editor = {Middel, Ariane and Scheler, Inga and Hagen, Hans}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.VLUDS.2010.11}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-30914}, doi = {10.4230/OASIcs.VLUDS.2010.11}, annote = {Keywords: Multi-phase fluid, interface tracking, topology methods} }
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