Unconstrained paving & plastering: A new idea for all hexahedral mesh generation

Proceedings of the 14th International Meshing Roundtable, IMR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 399-416

  Staten, Matthew L ^a   Owen, Steven J ^a   Blacker, Ted D ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hexahedra; Mesh generation; Paving; Plastering; Sweeping

Indexed keywords

PAVEMENTS;

ARBITRARY SURFACES; HEXAHEDRA; HEXAHEDRAL MESH GENERATION; OVER-CONSTRAINED; PAVING; PLASTERING; QUADRILATERAL MESHING; SWEEPING;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 84878940633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-29090-7_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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