An efficient 3D mesh generator based on geometry decomposition Academic Article

abstract

• A new, efficient 3D mesh generation algorithm, hexahedral mesh for urban terrains (HeMUT), is presented. HeMUT is developed under .NET and builds unstructured/structured hexahedral meshes. The algorithm focuses on urban terrains and on the mesh generation for the simulation of toxic gases dispersion (finite element). HeMUT is fully automated, multi-threading and takes advantage of terrain. In addition, it distributes the nodes on the domain by employing a method based on process design considerations. These features decrease the computational effort and at the same time differentiate this algorithm from all other similar ones. In comparison with a commercial software HeMUT performed well. 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

authors

• Kakosimos, Konstantinos

published proceedings

• COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Kakosimos, K. E., & Assael, M. J.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Kakosimos, Konstantinos E||Assael, Marc J

publication date

• January 2009

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Computers and Structures  Journal

keywords

• 3d Mesh
• Decomposition
• Hemut
• Hexahedral
• Urban

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.compstruc.2008.09.002

start page

• 27

end page

• 38

volume

• 87

issue

• 1-2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.compstruc.2008.09.002