Real time particle systems and their application to flow visualization [Elektronische Ressource] = Echtzeit-Partikelsysteme und deren Anwendung auf Strömungsvisualisierung / von Nicolas Cuntz

Computergraphik undMultimediasystemeReal-Time Particle Systemsand their Application to Flow VisualizationEchtzeit-Partikelsysteme¨und deren Anwendung auf Stromungsvisualisierungvom Fachbereich Elektrotechnik und Informatikder Universit¨at Siegenzur Erlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor der Ingenieurswissenschaften (Dr.-Ing.)genehmigte DissertationvonNicolas CuntzSiegen, Mai 20091. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Andreas Kolb2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Daniel WeiskopfTag der mu¨ndlichen Pru¨fung: 28. September 2009stream lines flow particlespath lines time surfacestreak lines streak volumeVisualization of a typhoon flow(data set: courtesy of MPI for Meteorology)Acknowledgmentsirst of all, I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Andreas Kolb for his long-time sup-port and countless advices during my time as a PhD student at the UniversityFof Siegen. Being my supervisor, he has shown me the scientific way to interpret andsolve problems.I thank the co-authors of all the papers and articles I worked on during my stayin Siegen: Dr. Robert Strzodka introduced me to particle level sets, and he gaveme useful hints to adapt them for graphics hardware. I am very grateful to Prof.Dr. Weiskopf for accepting the co-advisorship of my PhD thesis and for helpfuldiscussions related to the flow visualization aspects of my work.I would like to acknowledge the German Climate Computing Centre Hamburg forproviding an interesting typhoon data set.