3RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
MESHING ROUNDTABLE

October 24-25, 1994
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.

Sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories


A formal proceedings for 3rd International Roundtable, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Octover, 1994, was not published. Instead, a selection of papers were submitted to the Journal, Engineering With Computers. A special edition of the Journal, edited by Randy Lober and Ted Blacker was (finally) published in 1996. The following are the abstracts from this special edition.

Engineering With Computers

Volume 12, Numbers 3 & 4 1996
Special Issue Edited by R. R. Lober and T. D. Blacker

Preface

The meshing of components for computer analysis and simulation continues to be a topic of strong interest within the engineering design communities. The ability to tractably yet accurately approximate the geometry of a domain is a critical issue and will significantly impact the reliability of a numerical model for the partial differential equations. Furthermore the meshing of engineering components today represents one of the most time consuming and expensive steps in the modelling process. Consequently, increasingly more research attention is being directed toward the development of more capable, controllable, and robust automated meshing algorithms of all element types.

The annual International Meshing Roundtable was formed as a result of the common interest of many key researchers of meshing technology. The objective of the Roundtable is to assemble a dedicated forum for publication and discussion of research efforts in the mesh generation field. Topics includes basic algorithm research, geometric interfacing approaches and problems, and adapative methods. This exchange has proven valuable in advancing the research efforts.

This special issue of Engineering with Computing contains a collection of papers which were presented at the 3rd International Meshing Roundtable, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 24-25 1994, sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories. Some of the key topics you will find covered in these papers include new automated hexahedral meshing methods, advancements in tetrahedral meshing method, and parallel adaptve meshing.

Randy R. Lober
Sandia National Laboratories

Ted D. Blacker
Fluid Dynamics International

Two and Three-Quarter Dimensional Meshing Facilitators
M. Whiteley, D. White, S. Benzley and T. Blacker

Parallel Adaptive Mesh Generation and Decomposition
P. Wu and E. N. Houstis

A Grid-based Algorithm for the Generation of Hexahedral Element Meshes
R. Schneiders

Progress In Grid Generation via the Advancing Front Technique
R. Lohner

Tetrahedral Finite Element Mesh Generation from NURBS Solid Models
H. N. Gursoy

Cost Analysis of the Longest-Side (Triangle Bisection) Refinement Algorithm for Triangulations
M-C. Rivara and M. Venere

A Comprehensive Modeling Environment for the Simulation of Groundwater Flow and Transport
S.J. Owen, N. L. Jones and J. P. Holland

Topological Refinement Procedures for Triangular Finite Element Meshes
S. A. Canann, S. N. Muthukrishnan and R. K. Phillips

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