The Meshing Complexity of a Solid: An Introduction
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
This paper explores potential methods for characterizing the meshing complexity of solid geometry. While numerous metrics exist to measure the quality of the finite element, there are currently no metrics that measure the quality of a solid with respect to its meshing complexity. The meshing complexity of a solid is defined by how difficult it is to generate a valid finite element mesh for a given solid. There are many variables that affect meshing complexity. This paper seeks to discuss methods that are decoupled from more subjective variables such as user expertise and software maturity, and it will focus on methods that describe the topological and geometric aspects of a solid. It will present techniques based on: medial axis transformation, wavelets, curvature, proximity, intersection, heuristic topology search, and the measurement of space (volume/area/length) and will analyze their suitability as meshing complexity metrics.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 1762051
- Report Number(s):
- SAND--2015-8745R; 674239
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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