FINITE‐ELEMENT MESH GENERATION FROM GEOMETRIC MODELS

Abstract

This article describes a method for mesh generation, suitable for applications of the finite‐element method, which proceeds fully automatically from a geometric model of the object provided by a CAD‐system. It first generates a coarse mesh which is then adapted to fit the finite‐element problem. A resulting system of equations can be solved by a Gaussian‐type matrix method with as few computations as are necessary for a well‐banded matrix, but without the need for node or element numbering.

Citation

WÖrdenweber, B. (1983), "FINITE‐ELEMENT MESH GENERATION FROM GEOMETRIC MODELS", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 2 No. 1, pp. 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051972