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November 19, 2008, 18:53
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Second order tetrahedron mesh
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Srinath Madhavan (a.k.a pUl|)
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Hi all,
Does anyone know if any of the OpenFOAM solvers can use/read a mesh composed of second-order tetrahedrons? |
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November 20, 2008, 04:39
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Short answer: I think not.
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Dragos
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Short answer: I think not.
Little longer: higher order cell shapes apply to finite element methods, whereas OpenFOAM is based on finite volume methods. I hope this is useful...and right, Dragos |
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November 21, 2008, 13:41
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Thanks Dragos.
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Srinath Madhavan (a.k.a pUl|)
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Thanks Dragos.
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