Filling space with tetrahedra

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1383-1395

  Naylor, D J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Tetrahedra; Three dimensions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; OPTIMIZATION;

THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MESHES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0033116611     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19990410)44:10<1383::AID-NME616>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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