The spatial twist continuum: A connectivity based method for representing all-hexahedral finite element meshes

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 137-149

  Murdoch, Peter ^a   Benzley, Steven ^a   Blacker, Ted ^a,b   Mitchell, Scott A ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Fluid Dynamics Int   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRAINT THEORY;

ALL HEXAHEDRAL FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; SPATIAL TWIST CONTINUUM (STC);

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0031366638     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-874X(97)81956-7     Document Type: Article

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