Advances in tetrahedral mesh generation for modelling of three-dimensional regions with complex, curvilinear crack shapes

DOI10.1002/NME.1285zbMATH Open1122.74531OpenAlexW2164107921MaRDI QIDQ3369207FDOQ3369207

Authors: Jianzheng Zuo, Xiaomin Deng, Michael A. Sutton 

Publication date: 13 February 2006

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1285

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zbMATH Keywords

volumethree-dimensionaltetrahedral elementsmesh generationmesh optimizationcracks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brittle fracture (74R10) Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05)

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