Quadrilateral finite element mesh coarsening
| Patent Number: | 8,289,322 |
| Issued: | 10/16/2012 |
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| Abstract: | Techniques for coarsening a quadrilateral mesh are described. These techniques include identifying a coarsening region within the quadrilateral mesh to be coarsened. Quadrilateral elements along a path through the coarsening region are removed. Node pairs along opposite sides of the path are identified. The node pairs along the path are then merged to collapse the path. |
| Filed: | 10/17/2007 |
| Application Number: | 11/874,008 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |