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+# FlowSim
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+The FlowSim application allows its user to draw shapes and map them onto an interactive fluid dynamics simulation.
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+FlowSim was developed as a Bachelor thesis to study test driven development.
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+## Structure
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+The following image represents a simplified overview over FlowSim's internal structure
+![][overview]
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+[overview]: https://github.com/SvenMarcus/FlowSim/blob/master/overview.png
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