Automatic generation of finite element meshes for molecular surfaces

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Laug, P ^a   Borouchaki, H ^b  

^a INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Advancing front method; Delaunay method; Finite element mesh; Molecular surface; Parametric surface; Riemannian metric

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING FRONT METHOD; DELAUNAY METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; MOLECULAR SURFACES; PARAMETRIC SURFACES; RIEMANNIAN METRICS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 9544223996     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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