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Title: Method of generating a surface mesh

Patent ·
OSTI ID:936221
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Albuquerque, NM
  2. Provo, UT
  3. Tracy, CA
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A method and machine-readable medium provide a technique to generate and modify a quadrilateral finite element surface mesh using dual creation and modification. After generating a dual of a surface (mesh), a predetermined algorithm may be followed to generate and modify a surface mesh of quadrilateral elements. The predetermined algorithm may include the steps of generating two-dimensional cell regions in dual space, determining existing nodes in primal space, generating new nodes in the dual space, and connecting nodes to form the quadrilateral elements (faces) for the generated and modifiable surface mesh.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,339,584
Application Number:
10/448,946
OSTI ID:
936221
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Analysis automation with paving: A new quadrilateral meshing technique journal September 1991
Dual mesh resampling
  • Taubin, G.
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conference January 2001
Vassiliev type invariants in arnold's J+-theory of plane curves without direct self-tangencies journal May 1998
Hexahedral Mesh Generation by Successive Dual Cycle Elimination journal September 1999

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