An algorithm to generate quadrilateral or triangular element surface meshes in arbitrary domains with applications to crack propagation

DOI10.1002/nme.1620381603zbMath0839.73072OpenAlexW2038794365MaRDI QIDQ4859307

P. A. Wawrzynek, David O. Potyondy, A. R. Ingraffea

Publication date: 1 February 1996

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.1620381603

zbMATH Keywords

quadtree meshmesh densityrecursive spatial decompositionall-quadrilateral element meshall-triangular elementboundary contraction procedure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S05) Fracture and damage (74R99) Mesh generation, refinement, and adaptive methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N50)

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