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Domain decomposition approach for parallel improvement of tetrahedral meshes

Jianjun Chen, Dawei Zhao, Yao Zheng, Yan Xu, Chenfeng Li Orcid Logo, Jianjing Zheng

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Volume: 107, Pages: 101 - 113

Swansea University Author: Chenfeng Li Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.jpdc.2017.04.008

Abstract

Presently, a tetrahedral mesher based on the Delaunay triangulation approach may outperform a tetrahedral improver based on local smoothing and flip operations by nearly one order in terms of computing time. Parallelization is a feasible way to speed up the improver and enable it to handle large-sca...

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Published in: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing
ISSN: 07437315
Published: 2017
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33170
Abstract: Presently, a tetrahedral mesher based on the Delaunay triangulation approach may outperform a tetrahedral improver based on local smoothing and flip operations by nearly one order in terms of computing time. Parallelization is a feasible way to speed up the improver and enable it to handle large-scale meshes. In this study, a novel domain decomposition approach is proposed for parallel mesh improvement. It analyses the dual graph of the input mesh to build an inter-domain boundary that avoids small dihedral angles and poorly shaped faces. Consequently, the parallel improver can fit this boundary without compromising the mesh quality. Meanwhile, the new method does not involve any inter-processor communications and therefore runs very efficiently. A parallel pre-processing pipeline that combines the proposed improver and existing parallel surface and volume meshers can prepare a quality mesh containing hundreds of millions of elements in minutes. Experiments are presented to show that the developed system is robust and applicable to models of a complication level experienced in industry.
Keywords: Parallel algorithms; Mesh generation; Quality improvement; Domain decomposition; Dual graph
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Start Page: 101
End Page: 113

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