Abstract
The effective generation high quality quadrilateral surface meshes is an area of important research and development for the finite element community. Quadrilateral elements generally lead to more efficient and accurate finite results. In addition, some all hexahedral volume meshing algorithms are based on an initial quadrilateral mesh surface mesh that has specific connectivity requirements. This thesis presents a new and unique procedure named "Surfaced Splicing". Surface Splicing allows for the generation of all quadrilateral surface meshes as well as the ability to edit these meshes via the dual. The dual contains the same data as the mesh but, unlike the mesh, the dual directly allows the visualization of how surface and volume elements interrelate and connect with one another. The dual also provides mesh connectivity information that is crucial in forming an all-quadrilateral surface mesh that can form the basis of an all-hexahedral volume mesh.
Degree
MS
College and Department
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; Civil and Environmental Engineering
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BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Grover, Benjamin Todd, "Surfacing Splicing: A Method of Quadrilateral Mesh Generation and Modification for Surfaces by Dual Creation and Manipulation" (2002). Theses and Dissertations. 3457.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3457
Date Submitted
2002-04-01
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/etd371
Keywords
Surface, Splicing, Quadrilateral, Mesh, Generation, Modification, Splice, Finite, Element, Hexahedral, Algorithms, Connectivity, Dual
Language
English