Method of modifying a volume mesh using sheet insertion
Abstract
A method and machine-readable medium provide a technique to modify a hexahedral finite element volume mesh using dual generation and sheet insertion. After generating a dual of a volume stack (mesh), a predetermined algorithm may be followed to modify (refine) the volume mesh of hexahedral elements. The predetermined algorithm may include the steps of locating a sheet of hexahedral mesh elements, determining a plurality of hexahedral elements within the sheet to refine, shrinking the plurality of elements, and inserting a new sheet of hexahedral elements adjacently to modify the volume mesh. Additionally, another predetermined algorithm using mesh cutting may be followed to modify a volume mesh.
- Inventors:
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- Albuquerque, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 908260
- Patent Number(s):
- 7098912
- Application Number:
- 10/601,896
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Borden, Michael J, and Shepherd, Jason F. Method of modifying a volume mesh using sheet insertion. United States: N. p., 2006.
Web.
Borden, Michael J, & Shepherd, Jason F. Method of modifying a volume mesh using sheet insertion. United States.
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"Method of modifying a volume mesh using sheet insertion". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/908260.
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Improving the surface cycle structure for hexahedral mesh generation
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- Müller-Hannemann, Matthias
- Proceedings of the sixteenth annual symposium on Computational geometry - SCG '00