A computational framework for generating sizing function in assembly meshing

Proceedings of the 14th International Meshing Roundtable, IMR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 55-72

  Quadros, William Roshan ^a   Vyas, Ved ^a   Brewer, Mike ^b   Owen, Steven James ^a   Shimada, Kenji ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly meshing; Finite element mesh sizing function; Pre mesh; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; COMPUTATIONAL TIME AND MEMORY; FINITE ELEMENT MESH SIZINGS; GEOMETRIC FACTORS; PRE-MESH; SKELETON; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 84865116745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29090-7_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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