由区域生长算法实现四边形网格划分

针对当前各种三角形网格转化为四边形网格算法的缺陷，提出一种实现这种转化的算法——区域生长算法．该算法通过有选择地合并三角形来获得高质量的四边形网格，并且对两个三角形的合并增加约束条件以避免在生成四边形网格的过程中产生残余三角形；同时对生成的四边形网格进行一系列的质量改善操作。     

基于Catmull-Clark细分的新细分算法的研究

提出一种四边形网格细分算法：每细分一次四边形网格,其数目增加为原来的两倍,细分二次结果相当于一次二分细分,采用边数缓慢增长的策略,使生成的曲面光滑连续。该算法生成曲面在规则点具有C2连续性,在非规则点具有C1连续性。该算法对网格几何操作简单,所得网格数据量增长相对缓慢,适合3D图像重构及网络传输等应用领域。由于文中细分算法对初始网格的拓扑变更,因此第一次细分会产生扭曲现象,但后面的细分会逐步光滑。     

四边形网格的去边细分方法

提出一种四边形网格细分算法：每细分一次四边形网格，其数目增加为原来的两倍，细分二次结果相当于一次二分细分和一个旋转．该算法采用三次B样条张量积的形式，其生成曲面在规则点具有C^2连续性，在非规则点具有C^1连续性．由于该细分算法对网格几何操作简单，所得网格数据量增长相对缓慢，适合于3D图像重构及网络传输等应用领域。     

基于Catmull-Clark细分的新细分算法的研究

提出一种四边形网格细分算法:每细分一次四边形网格,其数目增加为原来的两倍,细分二次结果相当于一次二分细分,采用边数缓慢增长的策略,使生成的曲面光滑连续.该算法生成曲面在规则点具有C2连续性,在非规则点具有C1连续性.该算法对网格几何操作简单,所得网格数据量增长相对缓慢,适合3D图像重构及网络传输等应用领域.由于文中细分算法对初始网格的拓扑变更,因此第一次细分会产生扭曲现象,但后面的细分会逐步光滑.     

基于C—C细分的四边形网格上插值光滑Bezier曲面的生成

在任意拓扑的四边形网格上构造光滑的曲面是计算机辅助几何设计中的一个重要问题．基于C—C细分,提出一种从四边形网格上生成插值网格顶点的光滑Bezier曲面片的算法．将输入四边形网格作为C—C细分的初始控制网格,在四边形网格的每张面上对应得到一张Bezier曲面,使Bezier曲面片逼近C—C细分极限曲面．曲面片在与奇异顶点相连的边界上G^1连续,其他地方C^2连续．为解决C—C细分的收缩问题,给出了基于误差控制的迭代扩张初始控制网格的方法,使从扩张后网格上生成的曲面插值于初始控制网格的顶点．实验结果表明,该算法效率高,生成的曲面具有较好的连续性,适用于对四边化后的网格模型上重建光滑的曲面．     

基于C-C细分的四边形网格上插值光滑Bézier曲面的生成

在任意拓扑的四边形网格上构造光滑的曲面是计算机辅助几何设计中的一个重要问题.基于C-C细分,提出一种从四边形网格上生成插值网格顶点的光滑Bézier曲面片的算法.将输入四边形网格作为C-C细分的初始控制网格,在四边形网格的每张面上对应得到一张Bézier曲面,使Bézier曲面片逼近C-C细分极限曲面.曲面片在与奇异顶点相连的边界上G1连续,其他地方C2连续.为解决C-C细分的收缩问题,给出了基于误差控制的迭代扩张初始控制网格的方法,使从扩张后网格上生成的曲面插值于初始控制网格的顶点.实验结果表明,该算法效率高,生成的曲面具有较好的连续性,适用于对四边化后的网格模型上重建光滑的曲面.     

复杂曲面上的四边形网格生成方法

提出了一种曲面上全四边形网格的生成方法。该方法从曲面的边界开始,向内逐个生成单元,利用曲面的局部形状特征控制单元的尺寸,这样可以适应复杂的边界形状,通用性较强。文中介绍了算法的基本思想,提出了多个曲面相邻情况下边界上节点的生成以及一个新的节点环冲突检测方法,最后给出了两个网格生成的实例。     

四边形网格优化中的螺旋条带生成

已有的四边形网格的简化及优化方法大多数都是三角形网格简化在局部几何上的推广.四边形网格的结构受螺旋条带的影响,移除四边形网格中的螺旋条带则可以在拓扑结构上明显提高四边形网格的质量.文中具体讨论了四边形网格上螺旋条带与网格上奇异点的关系及其性质,并根据这个性质给出了四边形网格中螺旋条带的一般生成算法.实验结果表明,该算法可以有效地搜索四边形网格上的螺旋条带,进而通过删除螺旋条带优化四边形网格的拓扑结构.     

基于四边形网格均值坐标的K-2环网格曲面构造

为在曲面造型中避免产生扭曲、褶皱等现象,将四边形网格中内点的 K-2 环网格作为控制网格, 提出一种简单、灵活的曲面构造方法。给定一个 K-2 环控制网格,构造一个与其具有同样拓扑结构的平面网格。 再将平面网格拓展成空间四边形网格,同时在平面网格内进行采样。然后计算采样点关于空间四边形网格顶点 的四边形网格均值坐标,最后利用四边形网格均值坐标生成曲面,保证曲面上的每一点都满足 C∞ 。在这个过 程中设置了一个全局形状因子 h,用于控制曲面与初始控制网格的逼近程度,通过实例证明,h 越小,曲面越 逼近初始控制网格。     

三角形网格转化为四边形网格

现有的全自动网格划分算法大部分生成三角形网格。生成四边形网格更困难。为了缓解这个问题，本文研究并实现了三角形网格转化为四边形网格的线性算法。该算法是对已有的Ｏ（Ｎ＾２）算法的改进。     

A strategy of automatic hexahedral mesh generation by using an improved whisker-weaving method with a surface mesh modification procedure

One of the demands for three dimensional (3D) finite element analyses is the development of an automatic hexahedral mesh generator. For this problem, several methods have been proposed by many researchers. However, reliable automatic hexahedral mesh generation has not been developed at present. In this paper, a new strategy of fully automatic hexahedral mesh generation is proposed. In this strategy, the prerequisite for generating a hexahedral mesh is a quadrilateral surface mesh. From the given surface mesh, combinatorial dual cycles (sheet loops for the whisker-weaving algorithm) are generated to produce a hexahedral mesh. Since generating a good quality hexahedral mesh does not depend only on the quality of quadrilaterals of the surface mesh but also on the quality of the sheet loops generated from it, a surface mesh modification method to remove self-intersections from sheet loops is developed. Next, an automatic hexahedral mesh generator by the improved whisker-weaving algorithm is developed in this paper. By creating elements and nodes on 3D real space during the weaving process, it becomes possible to generate a hexahedral mesh with fewer bad-quality elements. Several examples will be presented to show the validity of the proposed mesh generation strategy.     

Anisotropic quadrilateral mesh generation: An indirect approach

In this paper a new indirect approach is presented for anisotropic quadrilateral mesh generation based on discrete surfaces. The ability to generate grids automatically had a pervasive influence on many application areas in particularly in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics. In spite of considerable advances in automatic grid generation there is still potential for better performance and higher element quality. The aim is to generate meshes with less elements which fit some anisotropy criterion to satisfy numerical accuracy while reducing processing times remarkably. The generation of high quality volume meshes using an advancing front algorithm relies heavily on a well designed surface mesh. For this reason this paper presents a new technique for the generation of high quality surface meshes containing a significantly reduced number of elements. This is achieved by creating quadrilateral meshes that include anisotropic elements along a source of anisotropy.     

Motorcycle graph enumeration from quadrilateral meshes for reverse engineering

Recently proposed quad-meshing techniques allow the generation of high-quality semi-regular quadrilateral meshes. This paper outlines the generation of quadrilateral segments using such meshes. Quadrilateral segments are advantageous in reverse engineering because they do not require surface trimming or surface parameterization. The motorcycle graph algorithm of Eppstein et al. produces the motorcycle graph of a given quadrilateral mesh consisting of quadrilateral segments. These graphs are preferable to base complexes, because the mesh can be represented with a smaller number of segments, as T-joints (where the intersection of two neighboring segments does not involve the whole edge or the vertex) are allowed in quadrilateral segmentation.The proposed approach in this study enumerates all motorcycle graphs of a given quadrilateral mesh and optimum graph for reverse engineering is then selected. Due to the high computational cost of enumerating all these graphs, the mesh is cut into several sub-meshes whose motorcycle graphs are enumerated separately. The optimum graph is then selected based on a cost function that produces low values for graphs whose edges trace a large number of highly curved regions in the model. By applying several successive enumeration steps for each sub-mesh, a motorcycle graph for the given mesh is found. We also outline a method for the extraction of feature curves (sets of highly curved edges) and their integration into the proposed algorithm. Quadrilateral segments generated using the proposed techniques are validated by B-spline surfaces.     

基于黎曼度量参数曲面四边形网格生成方法及UG 实现

论文给出了基于黎曼度量的参数曲面网格生成的改进铺砖算法。阐述了曲 面自身的黎曼度量,并且运用黎曼度量计算二维参数域上单元节点的位置,从而使映射到三 维物理空间的四边形网格形状良好。文中对原有铺砖法相交处理进行了改进,在运用铺砖法 的同时调用UG-NX 强大的二次开发库函数获取相应的信息,直接在UG-NX 模型的表面生 成四边形网格。算例表明,该法能在曲面上生成质量好的网格。     

非结构化四边形网格生成新算法

改进了一类基于递归区域分解过程的四边形网格生成算法。引入一套健壮的网格模板,为子域的网格剖分提供统一的处理方案,不再限制最终子域为4节点、6节点或8节点子域,提高了算法的时空效率。结合新的子域网格生成过程和自动区域分解算法,利用背景网格和网格源控制分解线上点的布置,得到一个全自动的非结构化四边形网格生成算法。最后通过网格及数值模拟实例验证了算法性能和实用性。     

Quad‐Mesh Generation and Processing: A Survey

Triangle meshes have been nearly ubiquitous in computer graphics, and a large body of data structures and geometry processing algorithms based on them has been developed in the literature. At the same time, quadrilateral meshes, especially semi‐regular ones, have advantages for many applications, and significant progress was made in quadrilateral mesh generation and processing during the last several years. In this survey we discuss the advantages and problems of techniques operating on quadrilateral meshes, including surface analysis and mesh quality, simplification, adaptive refinement, alignment with features, parametrisation and remeshing.     

边界简化与多目标优化相结合的高质量四边形网格生成

目的 高质量四边形网格生成是计算机辅助设计、等几何分析与图形学领域中一个富有挑战性的重要问题。针对这一问题,提出一种基于边界简化与多目标优化的高质量四边形网格生成新框架。方法 首先针对亏格非零的平面区域,提出一种将多连通区域转化为单连通区域的方法,可生成高质量的插入边界;其次,提出"可简化角度"和"可简化面积比率"两个阈值概念,从顶点夹角和顶点三角形面积入手,将给定的多边形边界简化为粗糙多边形;然后对边界简化得到的粗糙多边形进行子域分解,并确定每个子域内的网格顶点连接信息;最后提出四边形网格的均匀性和正交性度量目标函数,并通过多目标非线性优化技术确定网格内部顶点的几何位置。结果 在同样的离散边界下,本文方法与现有方法所生成的四边网格相比,所生成的四边网格顶点和单元总数目较少,网格单元质量基本类似,计算时间成本大致相同,但奇异点数目可减少70% 80%,衡量网格单元质量的比例雅克比值等相关指标均有所提高。结论 本文所提出的四边形网格生成方法能够有效减少网格中的奇异点数目,并可生成具有良好光滑性、均匀性和正交性的高质量四边形网格,非常适用于工程分析和动画仿真。     

极大熵条件下的动态搜索优化图象重建方法

提出一种满足多种准则的动态搜索优化图象重建方法。从图象场的本质出发，设立了３个准则函数。熵函数的导数是非线性的，本文将其变换为近似的线性公式以获得迭代公路。动态搜索则尽可能避免很多算法在迭代过程中对图象校正过量或不足的问题。     

Hexahedral Mesh Generation by Successive Dual Cycle Elimination

We propose a new method for constructing all-hexahedral finite element meshes. The core of our method is to build up a compatible combinatorial cell complex of hexahedra for a solid body which is topologically a ball, and for which a quadrilateral surface mesh of a certain structure is prescribed. The step-wise creation of the hex complex is guided by the cycle structure of the combinatorial dual of the surface mesh. Our method transforms the graph of the surface mesh iteratively by changing the dual cycle structure until we get the surface mesh of a single hexahedron. Starting with a single hexahedron and reversing the order of the graph transformations, each transformation step can be interpreted as adding one or more hexahedra to the so far created hex complex. Given an arbitrary solid body, we first decompose it into simpler subdomains equivalent to topological balls by adding virtual 2-manifolds. Secondly, we determine a compatible quadrilateral surface mesh for all subdomains created. Then, in the main part we can use the core routine to build up a hex complex for each subdomain independently. The embedding and smoothing of the combinatorial mesh(es) finishes the mesh generation process. First results obtained for complex geometries are encouraging.     

A Case Study in Hexahedral Mesh Generation: Simulation of the Human Mandible

We provide a case study for the generation of pure hexahedral meshes for the numerical simulation of physiological stress scenarios of the human mandible. Du to its complex and very detailed free-form geometry, the mandible model is very demanding. This test case is used as a running example to demonstrate the applicability of a combinatorial approach for the generation of hexahedral meshes by means of successive dual cycle eliminations, which has been proposed by the second author in previous work. We report on the progress and recent advances of the cycle elimination scheme. The given input data, a surface triangulation obtained from computed tomography data, requires a substantial mesh reduction and a suitable conversion into a quadrilateral surface mesh as a first step, for which we use mesh clustering and b-matching techniques. Several strategies for improved cycle elimination orders are proposed. They lead to a significant reduction in the mesh size and a better structural quality. Based on the resulting combinatorial meshes, gradient-based optimized smoothing with the condition number of the Jacobian matrix as objective together with mesh untangling techniques yielded embeddings of a satisfactory quality. To test our hexahedral meshes for the mandible model within an FEM simulation we used the scenario of a bite on a ‘hard nut.’ Our simulation results are in good agreement with observations from biomechanical experiments.