The applicability of the meshing framework ViennaMesh for finite element simulations is investigated. Meshing tools are highly diverse, meaning that each software package offers specific properties, such as the conforming Delaunay property. The feasibility of these properties tends to be domain specific, thus restricting the general application of ameshing tool. For research purposes, it is des...

A computational mesh defines the discretization of the problem of interest. The mesh provides the geometric and topological basis on which the equations that describe the problem are solved. Mesh generation is an enabling technology for modern computational analysis, as the feasibility of performing a simulation of a complex assembly, such as a nuclear reactor core, is strongly influenced by th...

Considerable progress has been made on automatic hexahedral mesh generation in recent years. Several automatic meshing algorithms have proven to be very reliable on certain classes of geometry. While it is always worth pursuing general algorithms viable on more general geometry, a combination of the well-established algorithms is ready to take on classes of complicated geometry. By partitioning...

In this study, we investigate if finite element (FE) analyses of human trabecular bone architecture based on 168 microm images can provide relevant information about the bone mechanical characteristics. Three human trabecular bone samples, one taken from the femoral head, one from the iliac crest, and one from the lumbar spine, were imaged with micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) using a 28 mi...

The nite element method is being used today to model component assemblies in a wide variety of application areas, including structural mechanics, uid simulations, and others. Generating hexahedral meshes for these assemblies usually requires the use of geometry decomposition, with di erent meshing algorithms applied to di erent regions. While the primary motivation for this approach remains the...

Meshing tools are extremely complex pieces of software. Traditionally, they have been built in a one by one basis, without systematically reusing already developed parts. The area has matured so that we can currently think of building meshing tools in a more industrial manner. Software product lines is a trend in software development that promotes systematic reuse. We propose a layered product ...

Isometric modification is proposed as a new method of axial modification of spur bevel gear. Based on the gear geometry theory and the normal meshing motion equation of gear pairs, changes of meshing points and angles are analyzed and the effect of axial modification on meshing movement of gear pairs is discussed. After that, a method of drawing spherical involute with the aid of SolidWorks sof...

A mesh is said to be dendritic if it contains elements with mid-side (edge) nodes when the predominant element topology has only corner nodes. A dendritic mesh is illustrated in Figure 1 where the predominant element is a four-node quadrilateral, but has also several five-node quadrilateral elements each with one mid-edge node plus four corner nodes. Such meshes arise when an approximately unif...

some numerical and experimental investigations are made on the performance of five different hyperelastic constitutive models (second order polynomial, yeoh, arruda-boyce, ogden and marlow) in tension and compressionmodes. first, the results of the tensile and compression tests on a rubber sample were used to determine the parameters of the models by curve fitting methods. next, by using an alg...

A unified topological layer for mesh generation has been created to benefit from current development, to reuse existing, well tested and reliable methods, such as the Delaunay or the Advancing Front mesh generation approach, and to combine them to be able to interchange these methods, without taking a detour using file formats. In addition, by modularizing existing meshing kernels, this approac...