From 2D to 3D: Numerical Grid Generation and the Visualization of Complex Surfaces

Published

September 1, 2000

Author(s)

Bonita V. Saunders, Qiming Wang

Abstract

The widespread use of high level mathematical functions to solve problems in the mathematical and physical sciences has led the National Institute of Standards and Technology to engage in a massive project to update and expand the National Bureau of Standard Handbook of Mathematical Functions [1]. The handbook will be disseminated on the World Wide Web as the NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions.A key feature of the digital library will be 3D visualization capabilities that allow a user to interactively examine the unique features of complicated mathematical functions. This paper discusses the use of grid generation techniques to facilitate the plotting of the complicated 3D surfaces that represent these higher mathematical functions.

Proceedings Title

Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations, International Conference | 7th | | Mississippi State; ISGG

Conference Dates

September 25-28, 2000

Conference Location

British Columbia

Conference Title

Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

3D clipping, grid generation, scientific visulaization, special functions, virtual reality modeling language

Citation

Saunders, B. and Wang, Q. (2000), From 2D to 3D: Numerical Grid Generation and the Visualization of Complex Surfaces, Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations, International Conference | 7th | | Mississippi State; ISGG, British Columbia, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150792 (Accessed April 25, 2024)