In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of

Master of Science

will defend her thesis

The objective of this project is to provide an efficient vehicle, which can help researchers assimilate and better understand the huge CFD data sets produced by the leading edge numerical models. However, there are two main obstacle s that need to be overcome. One is that there are so many different data formats in CFD data sets and the other is that the size of CFD data sets is too large for conventional display techniques.

In order to speed up the visualization, save local hard disk space, and provide better display quality, two major efforts have been made in this work. First, binary raw data instead of ASCII raw data are used as input data, to reduce u sage of machine resources. Second, a subset display algorithm is implemented. It provides users more detailed information in those areas the users are interested in, but may not be available or detailed enough in the global image.

Date: Friday, February 9, 2001
Time: 5:10 PM
Place: 550-PGH

Faculty, students, and the general public are invited.
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ernst Leiss