Laser scanning of three-dimensional time-varying fluid phenomena

Time-varying three-dimensional CFD simulations have been at the center of many of the modern computational, physical, and movie special-effect challenges. Results are presented on the first full-field, three-dimensional, time-varying scanning of fluid phenomena. The discussion includes a description of the acquisition hardware, the data-acquisition methodology, the geometrical (space and time) and image corrections applied, and the visualization results and analysis. The results of the threedimensional field capability on computational and physical models, new challenges it brings to the visualization field, and new possible applications are also discussed.