Visualization of hybrid, n-body and octree-based adaptive mesh resolution parallelized simulations

D. Pomarède, Y. Fidaali, R. Teyssier

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Abstract

In this paper, we report on the development of a visualization software which adress the issue of the interactive visualization of three-dimensional hybrid simulations combining an N-body module and a grid-based solver with an Octree-based adaptive mesh. The difficulty inherent to the hybrid nature of the data and the complexity of the mesh structure used to describe both scalar and vector fields is enhanced by the fact that simulations are parallelized. Large-scale simulations are conducted on high-performance mainframes with potentially thousands of processors associated with a non-trivial domain decomposition. The software we present is deployed in the framework of IDL Object Graphics as part of the SDvision graphics tool used primarily in the visualization of as-trophysical simulations. It combines in a single scene the graphics objects of the N-body system and the grid-based fields, together with a visual representation of the octree mesh, suitable for interactive and immersive navigation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 5th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation, Modern Techniques and Applications, CGIV
Pages295-304
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation, Modern Techniques and Applications, CGIV - Penang, Malaysia
Duration: Aug 26 2008Aug 28 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings - Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation, Modern Techniques and Applications, CGIV

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation, Modern Techniques and Applications, CGIV
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityPenang
Period8/26/088/28/08

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Keywords

  • Data visualization
  • Scientific visualization
  • Visualization frameworks and infrastructures
  • Visualization tools and applications

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