Monthly Archives: October 2008

View3D: calculation of radiation view factors in 2D and 3D

View3D is a command-line tool for evaluating radiation view factors for scenes with complex 2D and 3D geometry. It uses an adaptive integration method to calculate the view factors between faces where there is partial obstruction from inbetween faces. This … Continue reading

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Open Source Image Velocimetry

OSIV is a program written to perform cross-correlation analysis of particle image velocimetry (PIV) images. The program was designed to be both very modular and quite efficient. It incorporates most of the tried-and-true algorithms and some of the more recent … Continue reading

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Earmarks for Science

At the debate last night, John McCain brought up (twice!) for special scorn an example of spending on earmarks. His target? The “overhead projector for a planetarium”. It wasn’t the first time he’s brought up this earmark request up either. … Continue reading

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