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Particle tracing algorithms are used to investigate complex data set from Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD). But few methods exist for particle tracing on unstructured grids. This paper present a particle tracing algorithm to address this problem. The new algorithm, based on tetrahedral cells, use an efficient heuristic searching method to find the cell which contains the moving particle's new position. By using this efficient searching method, the presented algorithm allow an interactive investigation of complex vector data sets organized on unstructured grids.
This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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Ren, J., Zeng, G., Liu, S. (1995). Interactive particle tracing algorithm for unstructured grids. In: Chin, R.T., Ip, H.H.S., Naiman, A.C., Pong, TC. (eds) Image Analysis Applications and Computer Graphics. ICSC 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1024. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60697-1_87
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