[Gmsh] Overlapping elements in 2D mesh

Min Yan miya at kth.se
Tue Jan 30 16:35:04 CET 2007


Dear all,

I have noticed the 2D algorithm in Gmsh (version 1.65) sometimes generates a
couple of weired elements at certain mesh positions, primarily near to the
material interface. In simple words, some of the triangles are overlapping.
Attached are two samples. Such meshes can be displayed without any problem.
It however fails my eigensolver from converging. Any clue?

Additional parameters:
Mesh.Algorithm=1;
Mesh.Smoothing=6;
Mesh.RenumberNodes=1;

And I compiled with second-order element switch.

I have also tried to use Mesh.Algorithm=3. It does not seem to have such
problem. However, I have not figured out how to make the output mesh by
Triangle look as good as that generated by Algorithm 1.

Thanks.

Min Yan
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.geuz.org/pipermail/gmsh/attachments/20070130/7fcc05b9/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: mesh-1.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 42586 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://www.geuz.org/pipermail/gmsh/attachments/20070130/7fcc05b9/attachment.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: mesh-2.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 47747 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://www.geuz.org/pipermail/gmsh/attachments/20070130/7fcc05b9/attachment-0001.jpg>