Finite Octree Mesh Generation for Three-Dimensional Flow Analysis

Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Fluid Mechanics `88, Pineridge Press, pp.709-718, 1988

MESHING
RESEARCH
CORNER

in proceedings:
Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Fluid Mechanics '88, Edited by S. Sengupta, J. Hauser, P.R. Eiseman, J. F. Thompson.
Copyright 1988 Pineridge Press
ISBN 0-906674-68-9

M.S. Shephard: Professor, Departments of Civil Engng. and Mechanical Engng.
F. Guerinoni: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science
J.E. Flaherty: Professor and Chairman, Department of Computer Science
R.A. Ludwig: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics
P.L. Baehmann: Research Engineer, Center for Interactive Computer Graphics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590

Abstract
This paper gives a brief description of the finite octree technique for automatic three-dimensional mesh generation. It also outlines a finite volume based solution procedure designed to solve compressible flow problems on unstructured tetrahedral grids produced by the meshing procedure.