Automatic p-version mesh generation for curved domains

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-285

  Luo, Xiao Juan ^a   Shephard, Mark S ^a   O'Bara, Robert M ^b   Nastasia, Rocco ^b   Beall, Mark W ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Simmetrix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Curved meshes; Graded meshes; P version method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CURVED MESHES; GRADED MESHES; MESH GEOMETRY; P-VERSION METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 7644243879     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00366-004-0295-1     Document Type: Article

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