A unified approach to the deformation of simplicial and non-simplicial meshes in two and three dimensions with guaranteed validity

Computers and Structures

Volumn 85, Issue 11-14, 2007, Pages 944-954

  Acikgoz, Nazmiye ^a   Bottasso, Carlo L ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aeroelasticity; Ball vertex method; Coupled problems; Dynamic meshes; Fluid structure interaction; Mesh deformation

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DEFORMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BALL VERTEX METHOD; COUPLED PROBLEMS; DYNAMIC MESHES; MESH DEFORMATION;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 34248206771     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.11.009     Document Type: Article

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