Topology tracking for the visualization of time-dependent two-dimensional flows

The paper presents a topology-based visualization method for time-dependent two-dimensional vector elds. A time interpolation enables the accurate tracking of critical points and closed orbits as well as the detection and identication of structural changes. This completely characterizes the topology of the unsteady ow. Bifurcation theory provides the theoretical framework. The results are conveyed by surfaces that separate subvolumes of uniform ow behavior in a three-dimensional space-time domain.

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