An algorithm for mesh refinement and un-refinement in fast transient dynamics

Author (s): Casadei, F.; Díez, P., and Verdugo, F.
Journal: International Journal of Computational Methods

Volume: 10, Issue 4
Pages: 1 – 31
Date: 2013

Abstract:
A procedure to locally refine and un-refine an unstructured computational grid of four-node quadrilaterals (in 2D) or of eight-node hexahedra (in 3D) is presented. The chosen refinement strategy generates only elements of the same type as their parents, but also produces so-called hanging nodes along non-conforming element-to-element interfaces. Continuity of the solution across such interfaces is enforced strongly by Lagrange multipliers. The element split and un-split algorithm is entirely integer-based. It relies only upon element connectivity and makes no use of nodal coordinates or other real-number quantities. The chosen data structure and the continuous tracking of the nature of each node facilitate the treatment of natural and essential boundary
conditions in adaptivity. A generalization of the concept of neighbor elements allows transport calculations in adaptive fluid calculations. The proposed procedure is tested in structure and fluid wave propagation problems in explicit transient dynamics.

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Bibtex:

    @ARTICLE{2013-IJCM-CDV,
        author = {Casadei, F. and Diez, P. and Verdugo, F.},
        title = {An algorithm for mesh refinement and un-refinement in fast transient dynamics}
        journal = {International journal of computational methods},
        volume = {10}
        number = {4}
        pages = {1--31}
        year = {2013}
        month = {08}
        doi = {10.1142/S0219876213500187}
        }