A Simple and Effective Mesh Quality Metric for Hexahedral and Wedge Elements
Kwok, Wa and Zhijian Chen
Proceedings, 9th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.325-333, October 2000
October 2-5, 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana USA
Wa Kwok and Zhijian Chen
Ansys, Inc. Southpointe, 275 Technology Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317
Email: Wa.Kwok@ansys.com,
James.Chen@ansys.com
Abstract
This paper presents a mesh quality metric for hexahedral and wedge
elements. A series of studies was carried out to relate the proposed
metric with the solution errors. During the studies, the metric was
also compared with the aspect ratio, the warping factor and the
control number. The results show that the metric can be used to
identify invalid as well as potential poor quality elements, which
may cause larger solution errors.
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