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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2006
Matthew L. Staten, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Steven J. Owen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Teddy D. Blacker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert Kerr, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Matthew L. Staten, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Steven J. Owen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Teddy D. Blacker, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert Kerr, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
Computer software for and a method of generating a conformal all quadrilateral or hexahedral mesh comprising selecting an object with unmeshed boundaries and performing the following while unmeshed voids are larger than twice a desired element size and unrecognizable as either a midpoint subdividable or pave-and-sweepable polyhedra: selecting a front to advance; based on sizes of fronts and angles with adjacent fronts, determining which adjacent fronts should be advanced with the selected front; advancing the fronts; detecting proximities with other nearby fronts; resolving any found proximities; forming quadrilaterals or unconstrained columns of hexahedra where two layers cross; and establishing hexahedral elements where three layers cross.