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An augmented reality platform for interactive aerodynamic design and analysis
Author(s) -
Badías Alberto,
Curtit Sarah,
González David,
Alfaro Icíar,
Chinesta Francisco,
Cueto Elías
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.6127
Subject(s) - computer science , agile software development , rendering (computer graphics) , augmented reality , software , computational fluid dynamics , interactive design , aerodynamics , human–computer interaction , visualization , bridge (graph theory) , computer graphics (images) , software engineering , engineering , artificial intelligence , medicine , aerospace engineering , programming language
Summary While modern CFD tools are able to provide the user with reliable and accurate simulations, there is a strong need for interactive design and analysis tools. State‐of‐the‐art CFD software employs massive resources in terms of CPU time, user interaction, and also GPU time for rendering and analysis. In this work, we develop an innovative tool able to provide a seamless bridge between artistic design and engineering analysis. This platform has three main ingredients: computer vision to avoid long user interaction at the pre‐processing stage, machine learning to avoid costly CFD simulations, and augmented reality for an agile and interactive post‐processing of the results.