Progress in grid generation via the advancing front technique

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 12, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 186-210

  Lohner R ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Grid generation; Tetrahedra; Unstructured grids

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SURFACES;

GRID GENERATION; TETRAHEDRA; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0030411063     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01198734     Document Type: Article

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