Smooth anisotropic sources with application to three-dimensional surface mesh generation. (April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aubry, R.; Dey, S.; Karamete, K.; Mestreau, E.
• Is Part Of: Engineering with computers. Volume 32:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 313
• Page End: 330
• Publication Date: 2016-04
• Subjects: Anisotropic mesh generation -- Size distribution -- Anisotropic sources sizing function -- Anisotropic metric -- Lower-envelope diagram; Engineering design -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Computer-aided design -- Periodicals; Conception technique -- Informatique -- Périodiques; Conception assistée par ordinateur -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 620.00285
• DOI: 10.1007/s00366-015-0420-3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0177-0667

Abstract

Abstract Isotropic sources are extended to take anisotropy into account in order to obtain a smooth anisotropic sizing field for anisotropic mesh generation. Different types of anisotropic sources are described to represent boundary layers on surfaces and in volume that guarantee a smooth anisotropic field. This allows to us resolve multiple boundary layer intersections properly and naturally provides a smooth transition between the anisotropic boundary layer sizing and the isotropic region. Furthermore, the interaction between a smooth anisotropic sizing field and curvature is studied, and estimates of the tangential size spacing are provided for first and second order approximation of the geometry to ensure smoothness of the sizing field. It is also shown that, in order to get a smooth size variation, volumetric and surface meshing can not be decoupled. The filtering of the sources in order to obtain a computationally efficient method is described. Numerical examples demonstrate our method.