Tensor visualizations in computational geomechanics |
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| Authors: | Boris Jeremi&#x; Gerik Scheuermann Jan Frey Zhaohui Yang Bernd Hamann Kenneth I Joy Hans Hagen |
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| Institution: | Boris Jeremi?,Gerik Scheuermann,Jan Frey,Zhaohui Yang,Bernd Hamann,Kenneth I. Joy,Hans Hagen |
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| Abstract: | We present a novel technique for visualizing tensors in three dimensional (3D) space. Of particular interest is the visualization of stress tensors resulting from 3D numerical simulations in computational geomechanics. To this end we present three different approaches to visualizing tensors in 3D space, namely hedgehogs, hyperstreamlines and hyperstreamsurfaces. We also present a number of examples related to stress distributions in 3D solids subjected to single and load couples. In addition, we present stress visualizations resulting from single‐pile and pile‐group computations. The main objective of this work is to investigate various techniques for visualizing general Cartesian tensors of rank 2 and it's application to geomechanics problems. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | tensor visualization computational geomechanics |
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