Extension of a mesh quality metric for elements with a curved boundary edge or surface

Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 302-308

  Branets, Larisa ^a   Carey, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESH QUALITY METRIC;

ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

METRIC SYSTEM;

EID: 29044451146     PISSN: 15309827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2052827     Document Type: Article

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