[Gmsh] Two bodies in contact

[Christophe Geuzaine]

Riad Hassani wrote:

> Hi, 
> is it possible to mesh 2 distinct bodies in an independent 
> manner, even when these bodies contact on a part of their 
> surfaces ? 

Riad - the general answer is: no. The surface mesh should work, but
the volume mesh will fail since there is a "zero-volume" region where
you have the contact. When the topology is different, you have to
consider the cases separately.

Best,

Christophe

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Christophe Geuzaine
Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech
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