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Steven E. Benzley

 Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
350-U Clyde Building
Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602
Web Page: http://www.et.byu.edu/ce/ceen.php?page=benzley/benzley.htm
E-mail: seb@byu.edu

MESHING
RESEARCH
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Benzley, Steven E., Ernest Perry, Karl Merkley, Brett Clark and Greg Sjaardema

    "A Comparison of All-Hexahedral and All-Tetrahedral Finite Element Meshes for Elastic and Elasto-Plastic Analysis", Proceedings, 4th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.179-191, October 1995
    keywords:
    • error bounds
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    • finite elements
    • hexahedron
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    • tetrahedron
    Abstract
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Borden, Michael J.; Benzley, Steven E.; Shepherd, Jason
    "Mesh Cutting: Fitting Simple All-hexahedral Meshes to Complex Geometric Features", Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations, The International Society of Grid Generation, pp.727-736, June 2002
    keywords:
    • all-hexahedral mesh
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    • mesh cutting
    Abstract

Borden, Michael, Steven Benzley, Scott A. Mitchell, David R. White and Ray Meyers
    "The Cleave and Fill Tool: An All-Hexahedral Refinement Algorithm for Swept Meshes", Proceedings, 9th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.69-76, October 2000
    keywords:
    • hexahedra
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    • refinement
    • sweeping
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    • cleave and fill
    Abstract
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Clark, Brett W. and Steven E. Benzley
    "Development and evaluation of a degenerate seven-node hexahedron finite element", 5th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.321-332, October 1996
    keywords:
    • hexahedron
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    • knife element
    Abstract
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Clements, Jan C., Ted D. Blacker, Steven E. Benzley
    "Automated Mesh Generation in Boundary Layer Regions Using Special Elements", AMD-Vol. 220 Trends in Unstructured Mesh Generation, ASME, pp.137-143, July 1997
    keywords:
    • boundary layer
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    • CFD
    • hexahedra
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    • paving
    • quadrilateral
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    Abstract

Grover, Benjamin T.; Benzley, Steven E.; Shepherd, Jason F.
    "Surface Splicing: A Dual Based Approach to Surface Mesh Modification and Generation", Numerical Grid Generation in Computational Field Simulations, The International Society of Grid Generation, pp.695-704, June 2002
    keywords:
    • dual
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    • dual based
    • quadrilateral mesh generation
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    • surface mesh generation
    • surface mesh modification
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    • surface splicing
    Abstract

Harris, Nathan J., Steven E. Benzley and Steven J. Owen
    "Conformal Refinement of All-Hexahedral Element Meshes Based on Multiple Twist Plane Insertion", Proceedings, 13th International Meshing Roundtable, Williamsburg, VA, Sandia National Laboratories, SAND #2004-3765C, pp.157-168, September 19-22 2004
    keywords:
    • adaptation
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    • conformal refinement
    • hexahedra
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    • refinement
    • STC
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    Abstract
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Jankovich, Steven R., Steven E. Benzley, Jason F. Shepherd and Scott A. Mitchell
    "The Graft Tool: An All-Hexahedral Transition Algorithm for Creating a Multi-Directional Swept Volume Mesh", Proceedings, 8th International Meshing Roundtable, South Lake Tahoe, CA, U.S.A., pp.387-392, October 1999
    keywords:
    • hexahedra
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    • refinement
    • sweeping
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    • graft tool
    Abstract
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Kerr, Robert A., Steven E. Benzley , David White and Scott Mitchell
    "A Method For Controlling Skew on Linked Surfaces", Proceedings, 8th International Meshing Roundtable, South Lake Tahoe, CA, U.S.A., pp.377-385, October 1999
    keywords:
    • skew measure
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    • virtual vertex
    • mapped mesh
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    • quality
    • quadrilateral
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    Abstract
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Lai, Mingwu, Steven Benzley and David White
    "Automated hexahedral mesh generation by generalized multiple source to multiple target sweeping", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley, Vol 49, Num 1, pp.261-275, September 10-20 2000
    keywords:
    • hexahedra
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    • sweeping
    • multiple source
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    • multuple target
    • multisweep
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    Abstract

Lai, Mingwu, Steven Benzley, and David White
    "Automated Hexahedral Mesh Generation by Generalized Multiple Source to Multiple Target Sweeping", 2nd Symposium on Trends in Unstructured Mesh Generation, University of Colorado, Boulder, August 1999
    keywords:
    • hexahedra
      		•
    • sweeping
    Abstract

Melander, Darryl J., Timothy J. Tautges, Steven E. Benzley
    "Generation of Multi-Million Element Meshes for Solid Model-Based Geometries: The Dicer Algorithm", AMD-Vol. 220 Trends in Unstructured Mesh Generation, ASME, pp.131-135, July 1997
    keywords:
    • hexahedra
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    • large mesh
    Abstract

Mingwu, Lai, Steven E. Benzley, Greg Sjaardema and Tim Tautges
    "A Multiple Source and Target Sweeping Method for Generating All-Hexahedral Finite Element Meshes", 5th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.217-228, October 1996
    keywords:
    • hexahedron
      		•
    • sweeping
    Abstract
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Murdoch, Peter and Steven E. Benzley
    "The Spatial Twist Continuum", Proceedings, 4th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.243-251, October 1995
    keywords:
    • hexahedron
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    • spatial twist continuum (STC)
    Abstract

Murdoch, Peter, Steven Benzley, Ted Blacker and Scott A. Mitchell
    "A Connectivity Based Method for Representing and Constructing All-Hexahedral Finite Element Meshes", 1995
    keywords:
    • hexahedron
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    • STC
    • mesh dual
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    Abstract

Scott, Michael A., Matthew N. Earp, Steven E. Benzley and Michael B. Stephenson
    "Adaptive Sweeping Techniques", Proceedings, 14th International Meshing Roundtable, Springer-Verlag, pp.417-432, September 11-14 2005
    keywords:
    • decomposition
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    • hexahedra
    • node projection
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    • smoothing
    • sweeping
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    Abstract
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Shepherd, Jason, Steven Benzley and Scott Mitchell
    "Interval Assignment for Volumes with Holes", 2nd Symposium on Trends in Unstructured Mesh Generation, University of Colorado, Boulder, August 1999
    keywords:
    • interval assignment
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    • hexahedra
    • sweeping
      		•
    • mapping
    Abstract

Shepherd, Jason, Steven Benzley and Scott Mitchell
    "Interval assignment for volumes with holes", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, John Wiley, Vol 49, Num 1, pp.277-288, September 10-20 2000
    keywords:
    • hexahedra
      		•
    • sweeping
    • linear program
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    • interval assignment
    Abstract

White, David R., Lai Mingwu, Steven E. Benzley, and Gregory D. Sjaardema
    "Automated Hexahedral Mesh Generation by Virtual Decomposition", Proceedings, 4th International Meshing Roundtable, Sandia National Laboratories, pp.165-176, October 1995
    keywords:
    • hexahedron
      		•
    • mapped meshing
    • spatial decomposition
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    • sweeping
    Abstract
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Whiteley, M., D. White, S. Benzley and T. Blacker
    "Two and Three-Quarter Dimensional Meshing Facilitators", Engineering with Computers, Springer-Verlag, Vol 12, pp.155-167, December 1996
    keywords:
    • hexahedron
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    • mapped
    • submapping
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    Abstract

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