Energy and Technology Review. Special Issue: Computer Graphics at LLNL

摘要

This issue of Energy and Technology Review is devoted to applications of computer graphics at LLNL. Articles appearing in this publication over the years have included information about the use of computer graphics in particular applications, and some have focused on the graphics techniques involved. However, computer graphics has had a much greater impact than is apparent from these isolated articles. The applications reviewed range from the traditional to the experimental and demonstrate the diversity and scope of the use of this important tool throughout the Laboratory. It opens with a tutorial section introducing some ideas and technologies that are basic to computer graphics. The six articles describe a number of applications of graphics at the Laboratory and suggest the importance of graphics techniques and tools in helping to solve problems in various fields of science and engineering. However, these articles offer only a sample of Laboratory computer graphics applications, and in a centerfold a compendium of applications currently available is presented. In view of the proven effectiveness of today's graphics and the continuing rapid development of computer and display technology, tomorrow's graphics applications should dwarf present ones both in numbers and in the importance of their contribution to Laboratory programs. (ERA citation 07:017120)