SBIR/STTR Research Award
THE WORK OF MANDELBROT HAS SHOWN THAT FRACTALS CAN BE USED EFFECTIVELY TO MODEL WITH COMPUTER GRAPHICS MANY TYPES OF NATURAL SHAPES AND FIGURES.
Award amount
$54,889Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- VISIDYNE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THE WORK OF MANDELBROT HAS SHOWN THAT FRACTALS CAN BE USED EFFECTIVELY TO MODEL WITH COMPUTER GRAPHICS MANY TYPES OF NATURAL SHAPES AND FIGURES. THESE INCLUDE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES AS WELL AS CLOUDS AND TURBULENT FLUID BEHAVIOR. IT IS PROPOSED TO APPLY FRACTAL GEOMETRY IN A PURELY PHENOMENOLOGICAL FASHION TO THE MODELING OF FIREBALL SHAPES AND TEXTURES FOR POSSIBLE APPLICATION IN SUCH NUCLEAR EFFECTS CODES AS NORSE. THE AIM WILL BE TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAPE MODELS AND IN SOME ASPECTS OF FIREBALL STRUCTURE.
Technology keywords
Not reported