Adaptation of CAD model topology for finite element analysis

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 176-196

  Foucault, Gilles ^a   Cuillière, Jean Christophe ^a   François, Vincent ^a   Léon, Jean Claude ^b   Maranzana, Roland ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b LABORATOIRE G SCOP   (France)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAD; FE model; FEA; Simplification criteria; Topological data structure; Topology editing operators

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MESH GENERATION; PROCESS CONTROL;

SIMPLIFICATION CRITERIA; TOPOLOGICAL DATA STRUCTURE; TOPOLOGY EDITING OPERATORS;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

EID: 38949158357     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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