Localized remeshing techniques for three-dimensional metal forming simulations with linear tetrahedral elements

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 672-696

  Son, Il Heon ^a   Im, Yong Taek ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Localized remeshing technique; Metal forming simulation; Mixed finite element formulation; Surface mesh generation; Tetrahedral mesh generation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORGING; METAL EXTRUSION; OPTIMIZATION;

LOCALIZED REMESHING TECHNIQUE; METAL FORMING SIMULATION; MIXED FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATION; SURFACE MESH GENERATION; TETRAHEDRAL MESH GENERATION;

METAL FORMING;

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORGING; METAL EXTRUSION; METAL FORMING; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33746131261     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1643     Document Type: Article

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