filename     : c_MRO96
title        : Flow Visualization for Turbomachinery Design
author       : M. Roth, R. Peikert
type         : inproceedings
organisation : Swiss Center for Scientific Computing
               Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
month        : October
year         : 1996
keywords     : turbomachinery CFD, flow visualization, hydraulic turbines, feature extraction, vortex finders, vortex cores, vortex skeleton
language     : english
pages        : 4
abstract     :
Visualization of CFD data for turbomachinery design poses some special
requirements which are often not addressed by standard flow visualization
systems. We discuss the issues involved with this particular application
and its requirements with respect to flow visualization.
Aiming at a feature-based visualization for this task, we will examine
various existing techniques to locate vortices. The specific flow conditions
for turbomachines demonstrate limitations of current methods. Visualization
of turbomachinery flow thus raises some challenges and research topics,
particularly regarding feature extraction.