Generation of tetrahedral meshes with multiple elements through thin sections

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-197

  Garimella, R V ^a   Shephard, M S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AUTOMATIC MESH GENERATION; MESH REFINEMENT;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 0032624364     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003660050013     Document Type: Article

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