[mesh manipulation] RefineMesh tetrahedral

markc · April 18, 2008, 15:35

Dear Foamers,

Has anyone succeeded in using refineMesh on a tetrahedral mesh? I want to use this utility in order to use surface capturing refinement. I want to model free surface waves caused by ships. It seems very hard to create a mesh with hex when curved ships hulls are involved.
However, if I am right, refineMesh only works on hex meshes. At least I just tried it on my tet mesh but checkmesh gave a lot of errors.

Is there any possibilty to model the water-air interface by some kind of moving/sliding interface?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Mark

markc · April 18, 2008, 17:05

Mathematically it does not seem very demanding to me. Add a point in the middle of a tet, add edges from this new point to old corner points etc. Or am I overlooking something?
However, I have no idea how to code this properly in C.
Mark

Hrushi · August 26, 2010, 01:49

Hi,

I am also trying to use refineMesh on tetrahedral mesh. Have you succeded in doing that? If yes, can u give some hints?

Hrushikesh

Marc10 · December 7, 2010, 10:16

Is mesh refinement of tetrahedral cells implemented in the new version 1.7.1?

April 18, 2008, 15:35	RefineMesh tetrahedral	#1
markc Senior Member Mark Couwenberg Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 130 Rep Power: 17	Dear Foamers, Has anyone succeeded in using refineMesh on a tetrahedral mesh? I want to use this utility in order to use surface capturing refinement. I want to model free surface waves caused by ships. It seems very hard to create a mesh with hex when curved ships hulls are involved. However, if I am right, refineMesh only works on hex meshes. At least I just tried it on my tet mesh but checkmesh gave a lot of errors. Is there any possibilty to model the water-air interface by some kind of moving/sliding interface? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Mark

April 18, 2008, 17:05	Mathematically it does not see	#2
markc Senior Member Mark Couwenberg Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Netherlands Posts: 130 Rep Power: 17	Mathematically it does not seem very demanding to me. Add a point in the middle of a tet, add edges from this new point to old corner points etc. Or am I overlooking something? However, I have no idea how to code this properly in C. Mark

August 26, 2010, 01:49	refineMesh tetrahedral	#3
Hrushi Member Hrushikesh Khadamkar Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Mumbai Posts: 68 Rep Power: 16	Hi, I am also trying to use refineMesh on tetrahedral mesh. Have you succeded in doing that? If yes, can u give some hints? Hrushikesh

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Marc10 New Member Marc-Florian Uth Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 10 Rep Power: 16	Is mesh refinement of tetrahedral cells implemented in the new version 1.7.1?