Integration of Numerical Simulation Data with Immersive 3 D Visualization

The numerical simulation such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) have been used in engineering design, optimization and troubleshooting. The visualization of numerical simulation results, however, is normally limited to 2D screens. Work has already been accomplished to integrate CFD results with 3D Virtual Reality (VR) visualization. This paper discusses how these previous efforts are being combined into a user-friendly software package named Center for Innovation through Visualization (CIVS) 3D-Immersive Data Visualization (3DIDV) that simplifies the process of combining and interacting numerical results, scientific rendering, and photorealistic rendering in a virtual environment. The simulation results are intuitive to experts and non-experts by using the 3D-IDV software package. The 3D-IDV software package significantly enhanced the post possessing and the accessibility of simulation results.