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Two‐dimensional automatic mesh generation for structural analysis
Author(s) -
Frederick C. O.,
Wong Y. C.,
Edge F. W.
Publication year - 1970
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/nme.1620020112
Subject(s) - discretization , mesh generation , computer science , point (geometry) , finite element method , node (physics) , algorithm , triangle mesh , element (criminal law) , polygon mesh , engineering drawing , computational science , computer graphics (images) , structural engineering , engineering , mathematics , geometry , mathematical analysis , law , political science
This paper presents a labour‐saving method of discretizing irregular and inhomogeneous two‐dimensional continua into triangular elements. The method uses a magnetic pen to record node point data and a computer program to generate element data. This technique eliminates the tedium in the manual generation of data and the delay due to mistakes which would otherwise arise frequently for a complex mesh.