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Meshing environment for geometry‐based analysis
Author(s) -
Shephard Mark S.
Publication year - 2000
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(20000110/30)47:1/3<169::aid-nme766>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - polygon mesh , simplex , volume mesh , curvilinear coordinates , mesh generation , computer science , computational geometry , geometry , manifold (fluid mechanics) , geometric modeling , set (abstract data type) , topology (electrical circuits) , computational science , computer graphics (images) , mathematics , algorithm , finite element method , engineering , combinatorics , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , programming language
A geometry‐based automatic mesh generation and control environment is presented. The environment consists of a set of tools that support the automatic creation and modification of simplex meshes directly from non‐manifold solid models. The environment builds on three flexible object‐oriented structures representing the geometric model, attribute information associated with the model, and the mesh. The mesh generation functions are layered and can be tailored to generate controlled simplex meshes for a wide range of problem types, including those that need curvilinear meshes or highly anisotropic meshes. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.