The receding front method applied to hexahedral mesh generation of exterior domains

Author (s): Ruiz-Gironés, E.; Roca, X. and Sarrate, J.
Journal: Engineering with Computers

Volume: 28, Issue 4
Pages: 391 – 408
Date: 2012

Abstract:
Two of the most successful methods to generate unstructured hexahedral meshes are the grid-based methods and the advancing front methods. On the one hand, the grid-based methods generate high-quality hexahedra in the inner part of the domain using an inside-outside approach. On the other hand, advancing front methods generate high-quality hexahedra near the boundary using an outside-inside approach. To combine the advantages of both methodologies, we extend the receding front method: an inside-outside mesh generation approach by means of a reversed advancing front. We apply this approach to generate unstructured hexahedral meshes of exterior domains. To reproduce the shape of the boundaries, we first pre-compute the mesh fronts by combining two solutions of the Eikonal equation on a tetrahedral reference mesh. Then, to generate high-quality elements, we expand the quadrilateral surface mesh of the inner body towards the unmeshed external boundary using the pre-computed fronts as a guide.

  
  

Bibtex:

@article{Ruiz:RFM12,
  author={Ruiz-Gironés, Eloi and Roca, Xevi and Sarrate, Josep},
  title={The receding front method applied to hexahedral mesh generation of exterior domains},
  journal={Engineering with Computers},
  volume={28},
  issue={4},
  pages={391-408},
  year={2012},
  doi={10.1007/s00366-011-0233-y},
  publisher={Springer-Verlag}
}