A new automatic adaptive 3D solid mesh generation scheme for thin-walled structures

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1519-1558

  Lee, C K ^a   Xu, Q X ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

3D solid mesh generation; Automatic adaptive mesh generation; Extrusion; Thin walled structures

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

SOLID ELEMENTS; SOLID MESH GENERATION; SURFACE MESHES;

THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

ALGORITHM; STRUCTURAL JOINT;

EID: 15744382495     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1239     Document Type: Article

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