A comparison of techniques for geometry access related to mesh generation

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-221

  Beall, Mark W ^a   Walsh, Joe ^b   Shephard, Mark S ^c  

^a Simmetrix Inc   (United States)

^b Simmetrix Inc   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; CAD; Defeaturing; Design integration; Geometry; Geometry access; Geometry based; Mesh generation; Tolerances; Topology; Unified topology model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DESIGN INTEGRATION; GEOMETRY ACCESS; MESH GENERATION; UNIFIED TOPOLGY MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 7644244955     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00366-004-0289-z     Document Type: Article

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