Download or read book Automated Quadrilateral Surface Discretization Method and Apparatus Usable to Generate Mesh in a Finite Element Analysis System written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An automatic quadrilateral surface discretization method and apparatus is provided for automatically discretizing a geometric region without decomposing the region. The automated quadrilateral surface discretization method and apparatus automatically generates a mesh of all quadrilateral elements which is particularly useful in finite element analysis. The generated mesh of all quadrilateral elements is boundary sensitive, orientation insensitive and has few irregular nodes on the boundary. A permanent boundary of the geometric region is input and rows are iteratively layered toward the interior of the geometric region. Also, an exterior permanent boundary and an interior permanent boundary for a geometric region may be input and the rows are iteratively layered inward from the exterior boundary in a first counter clockwise direction while the rows are iteratively layered from the interior permanent boundary toward the exterior of the region in a second clockwise direction. As a result, a high quality mesh for an arbitrary geometry may be generated with a technique that is robust and fast for complex geometric regions and extreme mesh gradations.
Download or read book Structural Analysis with the Finite Element Method Linear Statics written by Eugenio Oñate and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS WITH THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD Linear Statics Volume 1 : The Basis and Solids Eugenio Oñate The two volumes of this book cover most of the theoretical and computational aspects of the linear static analysis of structures with the Finite Element Method (FEM). The content of the book is based on the lecture notes of a basic course on Structural Analysis with the FEM taught by the author at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain for the last 30 years. Volume1 presents the basis of the FEM for structural analysis and a detailed description of the finite element formulation for axially loaded bars, plane elasticity problems, axisymmetric solids and general three dimensional solids. Each chapter describes the background theory for each structural model considered, details of the finite element formulation and guidelines for the application to structural engineering problems. The book includes a chapter on miscellaneous topics such as treatment of inclined supports, elastic foundations, stress smoothing, error estimation and adaptive mesh refinement techniques, among others. The text concludes with a chapter on the mesh generation and visualization of FEM results. The book will be useful for students approaching the finite element analysis of structures for the first time, as well as for practising engineers interested in the details of the formulation and performance of the different finite elements for practical structural analysis. STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS WITH THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD Linear Statics Volume 2: Beams, Plates and Shells Eugenio Oñate The two volumes of this book cover most of the theoretical and computational aspects of the linear static analysis of structures with the Finite Element Method (FEM).The content of the book is based on the lecture notes of a basic course on Structural Analysis with the FEM taught by the author at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain for the last 30 years. Volume 2 presents a detailed description of the finite element formulation for analysis of slender and thick beams, thin and thick plates, folded plate structures, axisymmetric shells, general curved shells, prismatic structures and three dimensional beams. Each chapter describes the background theory for each structural model considered, details of the finite element formulation and guidelines for the application to structural engineering problems Emphasis is put on the treatment of structures with layered composite materials. The book will be useful for students approaching the finite element analysis of beam, plate and shell structures for the first time, as well as for practising engineers interested in the details of the formulation and performance of the different finite elements for practical structural analysis.
Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 2144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Automatic Mesh Generation written by Paul L. George and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Finite Element Mesh Generation written by Daniel S.H. Lo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-01-15 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the Progression of Meshing Technologies and Their Applications Finite Element Mesh Generation provides a concise and comprehensive guide to the application of finite element mesh generation over 2D domains, curved surfaces, and 3D space. Organised according to the geometry and dimension of the problem domains, it develops from the basic meshing algorithms to the most advanced schemes to deal with problems with specific requirements such as boundary conformity, adaptive and anisotropic elements, shape qualities, and mesh optimization. It sets out the fundamentals of popular techniques, including: Delaunay triangulation Advancing-front (ADF) approach Quadtree/Octree techniques Refinement and optimization-based strategies From the geometrical and the topological aspects and their associated operations and inter-relationships, each approach is vividly described and illustrated with examples. Beyond the algorithms, the book also explores the practice of using metric tensor and surface curvatures for generating anisotropic meshes on parametric space. It presents results from research including 3D anisotropic meshing, mesh generation over unbounded domains, meshing by means of intersection, re-meshing by Delaunay-ADF approach, mesh refinement and optimization, generation of hexahedral meshes, and large scale and parallel meshing, along with innovative unpublished meshing methods. The author provides illustrations of major meshing algorithms, pseudo codes, and programming codes in C++ or FORTRAN. Geared toward research centers, universities, and engineering companies, Finite Element Mesh Generation describes mesh generation methods and fundamental techniques, and also serves as a valuable reference for laymen and experts alike.
Download or read book Mesh Generation written by Pascal Jean Frey and published by Hermes Science Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The numerical simulation of physical problems expressed in terms of partial differential equations (so-called PDE's) using a finite element, finite volume, boundary element, or any other numerical method requires the discretization of the domain of interest into a set of elements, i.e. a mesh. The differential equations are approximated by a set of algebraic equations on this mesh, this set being then solved to provide the approximate solution of the partial differential system over the field. The discretization requires certain properties for the solution to be exploitable and must at least conform to all domain boundaries in order to accurately represent boundary conditions. Consequently, the mesh generation stage, as an essential pre-requisite, is of utmost importance in the computational schemes, as it is related to the convergence of the computational scheme as well as to the accuracy of the numerical solutions. There is indeed a variety of algorithms suitable to produce such meshes. Some of these methods are designed to handle specific geometric situations while others can be used in a more general context. User-driven, semi-automatic as well as fully automatic methods exist leading to structured, unstructured or mixed meshes. The mesh generation problems are mainly related to the boundary meshing (line, curve and surface meshing) and domain meshing issues (planar domain or volumetric domain). Numerous computational issues must be carefully addressed for designing reliable and robust meshing algorithms. These issues concern computer-related data structures and algorithms (low-level routines) as well as advanced data structures and computational schemes (high-level routines). In this regard, basic computational tools, geometric and discrete geometric notions, computational and mesh data structures, element and mesh definitions are of significant importance. The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive survey of the different algorithms and data structures useful for triangulation and meshing construction. In addition, several aspects will also be described, for instance mesh modification tools, mesh evaluation criteria, mesh optimization, including even adaptive mesh construction as well as parallel meshing techniques.
Download or read book Automated P Version Mesh Generation for Naval Structures written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research study considered the technologies needed to realize the promise of optimum rates of convergence of adaptive high-order methods based on hp-discretization. The study focused on the development of the technologies needed to support robust p-version mesh generation of general non-manifold geometric domains of interest to the NAVY. To meet the goal of providing appropriate meshes for p-version finite element analysis for general domains, the authors developed an automatic mesh generation procedure to create curved finite element meshes with sufficient order of geometric approximation based on the order of polynomial used in the finite element basis. Although the initial straight-sided mesh generated by automatic mesh generators has all valid elements, the process of curving the mesh edges and faces to the appropriate model boundaries often yields elements with invalid shapes. Therefore, the developed procedures perform mesh modifications to produce a set of valid curved elements. A key ingredient is the geometric representation of the mesh entities. The standard method of Lagrangian interpolation does not lend itself to effective procedures as the order of the elements increases. Therefore, an alternative geometric form based on Bezier approximating geometry was developed. Many of the physical domains of interest to the Navy are structures dominated by thin sections for which the desired finite element discretizations employ thin volume elements. For the most effective application of p-version finite elements it is desirable to generate elements in these thin volumes that do not have long diagonals going through the "thick- ness direction." This creates problems for current automatic mesh generators that use only tetrahedra. Therefore, procedures were developed to eliminate, to the greatest possible extent, such diagonals. (3 figures, 10 refs.).
Download or read book Automatic Mesh Generation written by P. L. George and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1992-01-30 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mesh generation is a necessary prerequisite for the numerical analysis of engineering problems--both geometrically complicated and large size. With an increasing need for automatic applications to accomplish these complicated tasks, it offers an in-depth survey of existing techniques for mesh generation. A number of problems are given and their solutions carefully explained. Also includes detailed coverage of traditional structured grids along with unstructured meshes of triangles and tetrahedra.
Download or read book Modern Methods for Automating Finite Element Mesh Generation written by Kenneth Baldwin and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very Good,No Highlights or Markup,all pages are intact.
Download or read book Automatic Mesh Generation written by Ajay Garg and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objective of this thesis project is a study of Pre-Processors and development of an Automatic Mesh Generator for Finite Element Analysis. The Mesh Generator developed in this thesis project can create triangular finite elements from the geometric database of Macintosh Applications. The user is required to give the density parameter to the program for mesh generation. The research is limited to Mesh Generators of planar surfaces. Delauny Triangulation method maximizes the minimum angles of a triangle. Watson's Delauny Triangulation method can mesh only the 'convex hull' of a set of nodes. This algorithm has been modified to create triangular elements in convex and non-convex surfaces. The surfaces can have holes also. A node generation algorithm to place nodes on and inside a geometry has been developed in this thesis project. The mesh generation is very efficient and flexible. Geometric modeling methods have been studied to understand and integrate the Geometric Modeler with the Finite Element Mesh Generator. Expert Systems can be integrated with Finite Element Analysis. This will make Finite Element Method fully automatic. In this thesis project, Expert Systems in Finite Element Analysis are reviewed. Proposals are made for future approach for the integration of the two fields."--Abstract.
Download or read book Connectivity based All hexahedral Mesh Generation Method and Apparatus written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present invention is a computer-based method and apparatus for constructing all-hexahedral finite element meshes for finite element analysis. The present invention begins with a three-dimensional geometry and an all-quadrilateral surface mesh, then constructs hexahedral element connectivity from the outer boundary inward, and then resolves invalid connectivity. The result of the present invention is a complete representation of hex mesh connectivity only; actual mesh node locations are determined later. The basic method of the present invention comprises the step of forming hexahedral elements by making crossings of entities referred to as "whisker chords." This step, combined with a seaming operation in space, is shown to be sufficient for meshing simple block problems. Entities that appear when meshing more complex geometries, namely blind chords, merged sheets, and self-intersecting chords, are described. A method for detecting invalid connectivity in space, based on repeated edges, is also described, along with its application to various cases of invalid connectivity introduced and resolved by the method.
Download or read book Automated All quadrilateral Mesh Adaptation Through Refinement and Coarsening written by Bret Dallas Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis presents a new approach to conformal all-quadrilateral mesh adaptation. In finite element modeling applications, it is often desirable to modify the node density of the mesh; increasing the density in some parts of the mesh to provide more accurate results, while decreasing the density in other parts to reduce computation time. The desired node density is typically determined by a sizing function based on either the geometry of the model or the results of a finite element solution. Although there are numerous mesh adaptation methods currently in use, including initial adaptive mesh generation, node redistribution, and adaptive mesh refinement, there are relatively few methods that modify the mesh density by adding and removing mesh elements, and none of these guarantee a conformal, all-quadrilateral mesh while allowing general coarsening. This work introduces a new method that incorporates both conformal refinement and coarsening strategies on an existing mesh of any density or configuration. Given a sizing function, this method modifies the mesh by combining existing template based quadrilateral refinement methods with recent developments in localized quadrilateral coarsening and quality improvement into an automated mesh adaptation routine.
Download or read book Mesh Methods written by Viktor A. Rukavishnikov and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical models of various natural processes are described by differential equations, systems of partial differential equations and integral equations. In most cases, the exact solution to such problems cannot be determined; therefore, one has to use grid methods to calculate an approximate solution using high-performance computing systems. These methods include the finite element method, the finite difference method, the finite volume method and combined methods. In this Special Issue, we bring to your attention works on theoretical studies of grid methods for approximation, stability and convergence, as well as the results of numerical experiments confirming the effectiveness of the developed methods. Of particular interest are new methods for solving boundary value problems with singularities, the complex geometry of the domain boundary and nonlinear equations. A part of the articles is devoted to the analysis of numerical methods developed for calculating mathematical models in various fields of applied science and engineering applications. As a rule, the ideas of symmetry are present in the design schemes and make the process harmonious and efficient.
Download or read book Finite Element Mesh Generation written by B. H. V. Topping and published by Saxe-Coburg Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: &Quot;This book describes both structured and unstructured mesh generation techniques. Structured mesh generation is covered briefly and the algebraic, multi-block technique is discussed in more detail. The main part of the book covers unstructured mesh generation using the advancing front, paving and Delaunay techniques. The Delaunay method is described in two and three dimensions. Both theoretical and implementation issues are discussed in detail. An integrated framework that is used for the two dimensional unstructured methods is also described. Common features of the framework include: accurate control over mesh size; boundary refinement procedures; and postprocessing tasks such as smoothing. Methods to convert triangular meshes to quadrilateral meshes are also presented. Mesh quality of the different mesh generation procedures is addressed with some examples.". "The book will be of interest to engineers, computer scientists and mathematicians working on mesh generation and finite element methods. The C source code for the procedures described in the book is available via the authors's website."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Method and Apparatus for Connecting Finite Element Meshes and Performing Simulations Therewith written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present invention provides a method of connecting dissimilar finite element meshes. A first mesh, designated the master mesh, and a second mesh, designated the slave mesh, each have interface surfaces proximal the other. Each interface surface has a corresponding interface mesh comprising a plurality of interface nodes. Each slave interface node is assigned new coordinates locating the interface node on the interface surface of the master mesh. The slave interface surface is further redefined to be the projection of the slave interface mesh onto the master interface surface.
Download or read book An Automated Mesh Generation System for Finite Element Analysis written by M. A. Hobdell and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
