Hex-dominant mesh generation using 3D constrained triangulation

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  • Steven J. Owen
چکیده

A method for decomposing a volume with a prescribed quadrilateral surface mesh, into a hexahedral-dominated mesh is proposed. With this method, known as Hex-kforphing (HMorph), an initial tetrahedral mesh is provided. Tetrahedral are transformed and combined starting from the boundary and working towards the interior of the volume. The quadrilateral faces of the hexahedra are treated as internal surfaces, which can be recovered using constrained triangulation techniques. Implementation details of the edge and face recovery process are included. Examples and performance of the H-Morph algorithm are also presented.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Computer-Aided Design

دوره 33  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001