The geometric element transformation method for tetrahedral mesh smoothing

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2009.09.027zbMath1231.74443MaRDI QIDQ658723

Bernd Schwald, Dimitris P. Vartziotis, Joachim Wipper

Publication date: 8 February 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2009.09.027

zbMATH Keywords

finite element mesh; tetrahedral mesh; mesh quality; mesh smoothing; iterative element regularization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74S05: Finite element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics

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

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Uses Software

• AIM@SHAPE
• Netgen
• Mesquite

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