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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Applicants:
Stephen E. Fischer, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Jeffrey B. Johnson, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Ralph W. Young, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Inventors:
Stephen E. Fischer, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Jeffrey B. Johnson, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Ralph W. Young, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Undesirable Steiner points in tetrahedralized meshes may be minimized by tetrahedralization processes that order element subdivision based on degree of freedom data for elements in the mesh and/or treat element degree of freedom as non-static during element subdivision. Applying look-ahead, breadth-first-search subdivision, and other strategic subdivision techniques further minimizes the need for Steiner points.