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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2003.27.10.1762

Automatic Quadrilateral Mesh Generation Using Updated Paving Technique in Various Two Dimensional Objects  

Yang, Hyun-Ik (한양대학교 기계산업공학부)
Kim, Myung-Han (한양대학교 대학원 기계설계학과)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.27, no.10, 2003 , pp. 1762-1771 More about this Journal
Abstract
In part of mechanical design analysis, quadrilateral mesh is usually used because it provides less approximate errors than triangular mesh. Over the decades, Paving method has been considered as the most robust method among existing automatic quadrilateral element mesh generation methods. However, it also has some problems such as unpredictable node projection and relatively large element generation. In this study, the aforementioned problems are corrected by updating the Paving method. In so doing, a part of node projection process is modified by classifying nodes based on the interior angles. The closure check process is also modified by adding more nodes while generating elements. The result shows well shaped element distribution in the final mesh without any aforementioned problems.
Keywords
Mesh; Paving; Quadrilateral Element;
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