Geometrically consistent mesh modification

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1877-1899

  Bonito, A ^a   Nochetto, R H ^b   Pauletti, M S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy preserving; Coarsening; Geometric consistency; Manifold; Mean curvature; Mesh modification; Parametric finite elements; Refinement; Smoothing; Willmore flow

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY PRESERVING; GEOMETRIC CONSISTENCY; MANIFOLD; MEAN CURVATURE; MESH MODIFICATION; PARAMETRIC FINITE ELEMENTS; REFINEMENT; SMOOTHING; WILLMORE FLOW;

COARSENING; GEOMETRY;

CURVE FITTING;

EID: 78649926956     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/100781833     Document Type: Article

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