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Visualization of Particle Interactions in Granular Media
September/October 2008 (vol. 14 no. 5)
pp. 1110-1125
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Holger A. Meier, Michael Schlemmer, Christian Wagner, Andreas Kerren, Hans Hagen, Ellen Kuhl, Paul Steinmann, "Visualization of Particle Interactions in Granular Media," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1110-1125, September/October, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TVCG.2008.65,
author = {Holger A. Meier and Michael Schlemmer and Christian Wagner and Andreas Kerren and Hans Hagen and Ellen Kuhl and Paul Steinmann},
title = {Visualization of Particle Interactions in Granular Media},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
volume = {14},
number = {5},
issn = {1077-2626},
year = {2008},
pages = {1110-1125},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TVCG.2008.65},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
TI - Visualization of Particle Interactions in Granular Media
IS - 5
SN - 1077-2626
SP1110
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EPD - 1110-1125
A1 - Holger A. Meier,
A1 - Michael Schlemmer,
A1 - Christian Wagner,
A1 - Andreas Kerren,
A1 - Hans Hagen,
A1 - Ellen Kuhl,
A1 - Paul Steinmann,
PY - 2008
KW - Visualization
KW - Information visualization
KW - Applications
VL - 14
JA - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
ER -
 
Holger A. Meier, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Michael Schlemmer, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Christian Wagner, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Andreas Kerren, Växjö University, Växjö
Hans Hagen, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Ellen Kuhl, Stanford University, Stanford
Paul Steinmann, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern
Interaction between particles in so-called granular media, such as soil and sand, plays an important role in the context of geomechanical phenomena and numerous industrial applications. A two scale homogenization approach based on a micro and a macro scale level is briefly introduced in this paper. Computation of granular material in such a way gives a deeper insight into the context of discontinuous materials and at the same time reduces the computational costs. However, the description and the understanding of the phenomena in granular materials are not yet satisfactory. A sophisticated problem-specific visualization technique would significantly help to illustrate failure phenomena on the microscopic level. As main contribution, we present a novel 2D approach for the visualization of simulation data, based on the above outlined homogenization technique. Our visualization tool supports visualization on micro scale level as well as on macro scale level. The tool shows both aspects closely arranged in form of multiple coordinated views to give users the possibility to analyze the particle behavior effectively. A novel type of interactive rose diagrams was developed to represent the dynamic contact networks on the micro scale level in a condensed and efficient way.

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Index Terms:
Visualization, Information visualization, Applications
Citation:
Holger A. Meier, Michael Schlemmer, Christian Wagner, Andreas Kerren, Hans Hagen, Ellen Kuhl, Paul Steinmann, "Visualization of Particle Interactions in Granular Media," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1110-1125, Sept.-Oct. 2008, doi:10.1109/TVCG.2008.65
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