Automatic 3D mesh generation for a domain with multiple materials

Proceedings of the 16th International Meshing Roundtable, IMR 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 367-386

  Zhang, Yongjie ^a,c   Hughes, Thomas J R ^a   Bajaj, Chandrajit L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conforming boundaries; Geometric flow; Material change edge; Multiple materials; Pillowing; Unstructured 3D meshes

Indexed keywords

3D MESHES; CONFORMING BOUNDARIES; GEOMETRIC FLOWS; MATERIAL CHANGE; MULTIPLE MATERIALS; PILLOWING;

MATERIALS; MESH GENERATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84878186423     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75103-8_21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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