[Gmsh] GMSH - Inicial step in mesh generation and point creation

David Colignon David.Colignon at ulg.ac.be
Sat Nov 21 09:30:43 CET 2009


Hi Ricardo,

may I suggest you to read

``C. Geuzaine and J.-F. Remacle. Gmsh: a three-dimensional finite element mesh generator with built-in pre- and 
post-processing facilities. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Volume 79, Issue 11, pages 
1309-1331, 2009''

http://geuz.org/gmsh/gmsh_paper_preprint.pdf

Regards,

Dave

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On 20/11/09 18:14, Ricardo Canelas wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm relatively new to this world so go soft on me.
>
> I am using Gmsh as a mesh generator for a 2D CFD code on my master
> thesis, but the thing is that i have to be able to explain every step
> taken by Gmsh when it computes an unstructured mesh. I can't understand
> the inicial step described in the manual :
>
> "For all 2D unstructured algorithms a Delaunay mesh that contains all
> the points of the
> 1D mesh is initially constructed using a divide-and-conquer algorithm.
> Missing edges are
> recovered using edge swaps. After this initial step three different
> algorithms can be applied
> to generate the final mesh..."
>
> What 1D mesh? How are there missing edges?
>
> The second questions comes regarding the point generation algorithm. I
> can't find any reference to any, like grid superposition, boudary point
> distribution...
>
> Any help is more than welcome!
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> --
> Ricardo Canelas
> CEHIDRO - Instituto Superior Técnico, UT Lisboa
>
>
>
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