Three-dimensional unstructured mesh generation: Part 3. Volume meshes

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 285-310

  Lewis, Roland W ^a   Zheng, Yao ^a   Gethin, David T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; VISION;

POINT CREATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL UNSTRUCTURED MESH GENERATION; VOLUME MESHES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0030218408     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-7825(95)00918-3     Document Type: Article

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