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Mesh Description

Multi-Dimensional Mesh:

Dimension Geometries Type of Elements

1-D spherical, cylindrical or cartesian line segments

2-D cylindrical or cartesian quadrilaterals or triangles

3-D cartesian hexahedra or degenerate hexahedra (tetrahedra, prisms, pyramids)

all with an unstructured (arbitrarily connected) format.

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This presentation will assume a 3-D mesh.

Michael L. Hall

Dimension	Geometries	Type of Elements
1-D	spherical, cylindrical or cartesian	line segments
2-D	cylindrical or cartesian	quadrilaterals or triangles
3-D	cartesian	hexahedra or degenerate hexahedra (tetrahedra, prisms, pyramids)