A visualization environment for supercomputing-based applications in computational mechanics

Abstract

In this paper, we characterize a visualization environment that has been designed and prototype for a large community of scientists and engineers, with an emphasis in super-( omputing-based computational mechanics. The proposed environment makes use of a visualization server concept to provide effective, interactive visualization to the user's desklop. Benejits of using the visualization server approach are discussed. Some thoughts regarding desirable features for visualization server hardware architectures are also addressed. A brief discussion of the soflware environment is included. The paper concludes by summarizing certain observations which we have made regarding the implementation of such visualization environments.