InTech, 2012. 309 p. ISBN:535100126, 9789535100126This book provides an open platform from which to establish and share knowledge developed by scholars, scientists, and engineers from all over the world, about various applications of computer aided modeling and simulation in the design process of products in various engineering fields.The book consists of 12 chapters arranged in an order reflecting the multidimensionality of applications related to modeling and simulation. The chapters are in two sections: 3D Modeling (seven chapters), and Virtual Prototyping (five chapters).Contents
Preface
Part 1 3D Modeling
Image-Laser Fusion for In Situ 3D Modeling of Complex Environments: A4D Panoramic-Driven Approach
DART: A 3D Model for Remote Sensing Images and Radiative Budget of Earth Surfaces
3D Modelling from Real Data
3D Modeling of a Natural Killer Receptor, Siglec-7: Critical Amino Acids for Glycan- Binding and Cell Death-Inducing Activity
Applications of Computational 3D-Modeling in Organismal Biology
Open Source 3D Game Engines for Serious Games Modeling
Refinement of Visual Hulls for Human Performance Capture
Part 2 Virtual Prototyping
Analytical Compact Models
Virtual Prototyping for Rapid Product Development
Oriented Multi-Body System Virtual Prototyping Technology for Railway Vehicle
Enabling and Analyzing Natural Interaction with Functional Virtual Prototypes
Fluid Pressurization in Cartilages and Menisci in the Normal and Repaired Human Knees
