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    • Fluid Dynamics
    • Computational Science

    Background:

    • Vortex core extraction is crucial for analyzing time-dependent fluid flows.
    • Existing methods struggle to satisfy both objectivity and Lagrangian constraints for vortex corelines.
    • A guaranteed Lagrangian property for vortex corelines remains an open challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose the first vortex core definition that is both objective and Lagrangian.
    • To develop a method ensuring vortex corelines are true pathlines of the fluid flow.
    • To enable accurate visualization of vortex cores in 2D and 3D time-dependent flows.

    Main Methods:

    • Restricting observer motion to pathlines to reduce degrees of freedom.
    • Optimizing observer rotation to achieve a steady observed flow.
    • Calculating vortex deviation error and using gradient descent for sub-voxel accuracy.
    • Visualizing vortex cores as pathlines and swirling motion via streamlines.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully defined objective and Lagrangian vortex corelines.
    • Demonstrated that the optimization yields non-zero time-partial derivatives elsewhere.
    • Achieved sub-voxel accuracy in coreline extraction using gradient descent.
    • Validated the approach on various 2D and 3D time-dependent vector fields.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed method provides the first formally objective and Lagrangian vortex core definition.
    • This approach accurately identifies vortex corelines as pathlines in complex flows.
    • The technique offers improved visualization and analysis of vortical structures in fluid dynamics.