Update to: Approaches to the Automatic Generation and Control of Finite Element Meshes

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (10S) ◽  
pp. S5-S14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Shephard
Keyword(s):  
Mesh Generation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Tetrahedral Mesh ◽  
Hexahedral Mesh ◽  
Automatic Mesh Generation ◽  
The Status ◽  
Automatic Mesh ◽  
And Control ◽  
Mesh Generators

This paper updates the status of efforts on the development of automatic mesh generation techniques for general three-dimensional domains. The technical areas reviewed include: (i) issues associated with automatic mesh generation of CAD geometric models, (ii) local mesh modification procedures for improving mesh quality, (iii) advances in tetrahedral mesh generators, (iv) generation of anisotropic meshes, (v) hexahedral mesh generators, and (vi) implementation of automatic mesh generators on parallel computers.

scholarly journals Approaches to the Automatic Generation and Control of Finite Element Meshes

1988 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Shephard
Keyword(s):  
Finite Element ◽  
Geometric Modeling ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Element Mesh ◽  
Algorithmic Approaches ◽  
Automatic Mesh ◽  
And Control ◽  
Mesh Generators ◽  
User Intervention

This review paper discusses the algorithmic approaches being taken to the development of finite element mesh generators capable of automatically discretizing general domains without the need for user intervention. The paper demonstrates that because of the modeling demands placed on an automatic mesh generator, all the approaches taken to date produce unstructured meshes. Consideration is also given to both a priori and a posteriori mesh control devices for automatic mesh generators as well as their integration with geometric modeling and adaptive analysis procedures.

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