A computational differential geometry approach to grid generation

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The book is divided into two parts. The first one delivers a solid introduction to the geometry of grid technology. Topics of this part are the basic definitions and general concepts of grid technology as well as standard concepts of differential geometry, such as the geometry of curves, surfaces and Riemannian manifolds, invariants and tensor methods. The other part contains applications of the methods introduced in the first part to advanced grid technology. In order to unify the constuctions the parametric domain of the surface under consideration is transformed into a simple shape (rectangular or triangular) and the grid is generated over this domain. To construct a grid consistent with the geometry of the given physical object a suitable monitor tensor is chosen. The construction of an appropriate tensor producing a grid with required properties is a major subject of the book. The monitor functions give rise to a system of generalized Laplace equations, which can be interpreted as a multidimensional equidistribution principle. These equations are converted into a compact form so that they can be numerically treated by generally available algorithms. Moreover an analysis of the qualitative behavior of the generated grids is given by differential geometrical methods. Finally the numerical implementations of the most common cases, i.e. 1-, 2- and 3-dimensional domains, are being described.




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