An automatic 3D mesh generation method for domains with multiple materials

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2009.06.007zbMath1227.74129WikidataQ42649339 ScholiaQ42649339MaRDI QIDQ649367

Thomas J. R. Hughes, Yongjie Jessica Zhang, Chandrajit L. Bajaj

Publication date: 30 November 2011

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc2805160

zbMATH Keywords

geometric flow; multiple materials; conforming boundaries; material change edge; pillowing; unstructured 3D meshes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65N50: Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M50: Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for the numerical solution of initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65D17: Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces)

74S99: Numerical and other methods in solid mechanics

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