Feature recognition applications in mesh generation

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 220, Issue , 1997, Pages 117-121

  Tautges, Timothy J ^a   Liu, Shang Sheng ^b   Lu, Yong ^b   Kraftcheck, Jason ^b   Gadh, Rajit ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS;

DECOMPOSITION BASED HEXAHEDRAL MESHING APPROACH;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

EID: 0030720723     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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