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A GENERAL TOPOLOGY‐BASED MESH DATA STRUCTURE
Author(s) -
BEALL MARK W.,
SHEPHARD MARK S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0207(19970515)40:9<1573::aid-nme128>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , hierarchy , implementation , topology (electrical circuits) , computer science , ranging , data structure , mesh generation , theoretical computer science , algorithm , mathematics , engineering , combinatorics , programming language , finite element method , structural engineering , telecommunications , politics , political science , economics , law , market economy
A representation for a mesh based on the topological hierarchy of vertices, edges, faces and regions, is described. The representation is general and easily supports procedures ranging from mesh generation to adaptive analysis processes. Three implementations are given which concentrate on different aspects of performance (storage requirements and speed). Comparisons are made to other published representations. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.