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http://dx.doi.org/10.15701/kcgs.2016.22.2.20

Automatic Hexahedral Mesh Generation using Face-offsetting Method  

Cho, Hyunjoo (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dongguk Univ.)
Lee, Jeeho (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dongguk Univ.)
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Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society / v.22, no.2, 2016 , pp. 20-26 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes an automatic hexahedral mesh generation method, in which internal medial surfaces are established to partition a region using the face-offsetting method. In order to test the usability of the suggested method, aspect ratios and Jacobians of the generated mesh for two models are evaluated and compared with ones from existing methods. It is verified that the proposed medial surface generation and partitioning scheme based on the face-offsetting method can be effectively used in the automatic hexahedral mesh generation procedure.
Keywords
Hexahedral mesh; Medial surface; Face-offsetting method;
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