Parallel mesh generation

N Chrisochoides - Numerical solution of partial differential equations on …, 2006 - Springer
Parallel mesh generation is a relatively new research area between the boundaries of two
scientific computing disciplines: computational geometry and parallel computing. In this …

Automatic LEFM crack propagation method based on local Lepp–Delaunay mesh refinement

D Azócar, M Elgueta, MC Rivara - Advances in Engineering Software, 2010 - Elsevier
A numerical method for 2D LEFM crack propagation simulation is presented. This uses a
Lepp–Delaunay based mesh refinement algorithm for triangular meshes which allows both …

Terminal-edges Delaunay (small-angle based) algorithm for the quality triangulation problem

MC Rivara, N Hitschfeld, B Simpson - Computer-Aided Design, 2001 - Elsevier
The terminal-edge Delaunay algorithm, initially called Lepp–Delaunay algorithm, deals with
the construction of size-optimal (adapted to the geometry) quality triangulation of complex …

Lepp-bisection algorithms, applications and mathematical properties

MC Rivara - Applied Numerical Mathematics, 2009 - Elsevier
Longest edge (nested) algorithms for triangulation refinement in two dimensions are able to
produce hierarchies of quality and nested irregular triangulations as needed both for …

An adaptive level set segmentation on a triangulated mesh

M Xu, PM Thompson, AW Toga - IEEE Transactions on Medical …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Level set methods offer highly robust and accurate methods for detecting interfaces of
complex structures. Efficient techniques are required to transform an interface to a globally …

Terminal star operations algorithm for tetrahedral mesh improvement

F Balboa, P Rodriguez-Moreno, MC Rivara - 27th International Meshing …, 2019 - Springer
We discuss an innovative, simple and effective Lepp terminal-star algorithm for improving
tetrahedral meshes. For each bad quality tetrahedron, one branch of the longest edge …

Longest-edge refinement and derefinement system and method for automatic mesh generation

MC Rivara - US Patent 6,266,062, 2001 - Google Patents
A method, mesh data structure and apparatus is disclosed for producing an
improved/refined/derefined mesh of finite elements for a three-dimensional object showing …

Lepp terminal centroid method for quality triangulation

MC Rivara, C Calderon - Computer-Aided Design, 2010 - Elsevier
We discuss Lepp-centroid versus Lepp-midpoint algorithms for Delaunay quality
triangulation. We present geometrical results that ensure that the centroid version produces …

Parallel decoupled terminal-edge bisection method for 3D mesh generation

MC Rivara, C Calderon, A Fedorov… - Engineering with …, 2006 - Springer
We present a practical and stable algorithm for the parallel refinement of tetrahedral
meshes. The algorithm is based on the refinement of terminal-edges and associated …

New results on Lepp-Delaunay algorithm for quality triangulations

C Bedregal, MC Rivara - Procedia Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
In this paper, we provide proofs of termination and size-optimality of the LEPP-Delaunay
algorithm, for the quality generation of triangulations. We first prove that the algorithm cannot …