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    • Turbulence research
    • Scientific visualization

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    • Taylor-Couette flow (TCF) exhibits complex nonlinear dynamics between rotating cylinders.
    • Isolating and visualizing dense, overlapping structures in TCF is difficult, especially with changing rotation ratios.
    • Conventional 2D and standard 3D visualization methods often result in cluttered representations and incomplete information.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an advanced visualization framework for Taylor-Couette flow.
    • To effectively separate and visualize large-scale coherent structures from dense, small-scale ones.
    • To provide domain experts with enhanced tools for TCF analysis.

    Main Methods:

    • Adapted a feature level-set method to combine multiple attributes, acting as a filter for structure separation.
    • Utilized kernel density estimation on a distance field generated from the feature level-set.
    • Applied iso-surface extraction to visualize the separated large- and small-scale structures.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully separated large-scale coherent structures from dense, small-scale ones in TCF.
    • Enabled effective 3D visualization of TCF structures across different control parameter settings.
    • Demonstrated superior performance over conventional visualization techniques for complex TCF scenarios.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed visualization framework effectively addresses the challenge of visualizing complex TCF.
    • The method allows for the clear depiction of 3D large-scale coherent structures, aiding scientific analysis.
    • This approach offers a significant advancement for studying nonlinear dynamical phenomena in fluid mechanics.