Publication detail

Application of Computer Graphics Flow Visualization Methods in Vortex Rope Investigations

URBAN, O. KURKOVÁ, M. RUDOLF, P.

English title

Application of Computer Graphics Flow Visualization Methods in Vortex Rope Investigations

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

en

Original abstract

Computer graphics visualization techniques for application on data from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of the vortex rope, a phenomenon present in hydraulic turbines operating in off-design conditions, were devised. This included not only objects for visualization (what to visualize) but also methods of the visualization itself (how to do it). By means of advanced methods based particularly on volume rendering of Eulerian fields in combination with Lagrangian objects, various phenomena were captured, such as the motion of the vortex rope or the backflow zone. The data came from simulations using a scale-resolving hybrid turbulence model, the Stress-Blended Eddy Simulation. In such detailed simulations and other applications involving complex three-dimensional structures, proper visualization methods are needed to leverage the content captured in the resultant data.

English abstract

Computer graphics visualization techniques for application on data from Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of the vortex rope, a phenomenon present in hydraulic turbines operating in off-design conditions, were devised. This included not only objects for visualization (what to visualize) but also methods of the visualization itself (how to do it). By means of advanced methods based particularly on volume rendering of Eulerian fields in combination with Lagrangian objects, various phenomena were captured, such as the motion of the vortex rope or the backflow zone. The data came from simulations using a scale-resolving hybrid turbulence model, the Stress-Blended Eddy Simulation. In such detailed simulations and other applications involving complex three-dimensional structures, proper visualization methods are needed to leverage the content captured in the resultant data.

Keywords in English

CFD; vortex rope; computer graphics; vortex criteria

Released

26.01.2021

Publisher

MDPI

ISSN

1996-1073

Volume

14

Number

3

Pages from–to

1–21

Pages count

21

BIBTEX


@article{BUT168276,
  author="Edita {Mariánková} and Ondřej {Urban} and Michaela {Kurková} and Pavel {Rudolf},
  title="Application of Computer Graphics Flow Visualization Methods in Vortex Rope Investigations",
  year="2021",
  volume="14",
  number="3",
  month="January",
  pages="1--21",
  publisher="MDPI",
  issn="1996-1073"
}