Visualization of Calculation of Waves
Jianhua Tao · Ocean Technology · 2004
This paper discusses some key algorithms used in the visualiza tion of calculation of waves. According to the characteristic of the wave field data, a simple algorithm is used to calculate the normal vector at the nodes. The result s show that the lighting effect of the 3D wave field image is preserved. The lev el-model is adopted to display the movement of wave surface. The qualities of th e images with different grid density are compared. It is found that the quality of the image is related to the grid density and the characteristic wavelength, a nd an optimized value of the grid density is suggested.