7. IMR 1998: Dearborn, Michigan, USA

Plenary I

• Matthew L. Staten, Scott A. Canann, Steven J. Owen:
  BMsweep: Locating Interior Nodes During Sweeping. 7-18
  
• Eduardo F. D'Azevedo: On Optimal Bilinear Quadrilateral Meshes. 19-34
• Stephen J. Alter:
  Solving Difficult Grid Related Problems Utilizing the Volume Grid Manipulator. 35-58
  

Quadrilateral Meshing

• Kenji Shimada, Jia-Huei Liao, Takayuki Itoh:
  Quadrilateral Meshing with Directionality Control through the Packing of Square Cells. 61-75
  
• Takayuki Itoh, Kenji Shimada, Keisuke Inoue, Atsushi Yamada, Tomotake Furuhata:
  Automated Conversion of 2D Triangular Mesh into Quadrilateral Mesh with Directionality Control. 77-86
  
• Paul Wolfenbarger, Joseph Jung, Clark R. Dohrmann, Walter R. Witkowski, Malcolm J. Panthaki, Walter H. Gerstle:
  A Global Minimization-Based, Automatic Quadrilateral Meshing Algorithm. 87-103
  

Tetrahedral Meshing

• Rao V. Garimella, Mark S. Shephard:
  Boundary Layer Meshing for Viscous Flows in Complex Domains. 107-118
  
• Mark S. Shephard, Mark W. Beall, Robert M. O'Bara:
  Revisiting the Elimination of the Adverse Effects of Small Model Features in Automatically Generated Meshes. 119-131
  
• Alexander Fuchs:
  Automatic Grid Generation with Almost Regular Delaunay Tetrahedra. 133-147
  

Hybrid Volume Meshing

• Ray J. Meyers, Timothy J. Tautges:
  The "Hex-Tet" Hex-Dominant Meshing Algorithm as Implemented in CUBIT. 151-158
  
• Dan Wake, Klas Lilja, Victor Moroz:
  A Hybrid Mesh Generation Method for Two and Three Dimensional Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices. 159-165
  
• Aly Khawaja, Yannis Kallinderis, Harlan McMorris:
  Adaptive Hybrid Grids for Diverse Industrial Applications. 167-184
  

Adaptive Techniques

• P. J. Zwart, G. D. Raithby:
  Space-Time Meshing for Two-Dimensional Moving Boundary Problems. 187-200
  
• Xiang-Yang Li, Shang-Hua Teng, Alper Üngör:
  Simultaneous Refinement and Coarsening: Adaptive Meshing with Moving Boundaries. 201-210
  
• Pascal J. Frey, Loïc Marechal:
  Fast Adaptive Quadtree Mesh Generation. 211-224
  

Mini-Tutorials

• Marshall W. Bern:
  Computational Geometry for Mesh Generation (abstract). 227
  
• Martin Berzins:
  Mesh Quality: A Function of Geometry, Error Estimates or Both? 229-237
  
• Steven J. Owen:
  A Survey of Unstructured Mesh Generation Technology. 239-267
  
• Bharat K. Soni:
  Structured Grid Generation Technology (abstract). 269
  

Plenary II

• Petr Krysl, Michael Ortiz:
  Generation of Tetrahedral Finite Element Meshes: Variational Delaunay Approach. 273-284
  
• Dermot J. Monaghan, Ian W. Doherty, David McCourt, Cecil G. Armstrong:
  Coupling 1D Beams to 3D Bodies. 285-293
  
• Scott A. Mitchell:
  The All-Hex Geode-Template for Conforming a Diced Tetrahedral Mesh to any Diced Hexahedral Mesh. 295-305
  

Triangular Meshing

• Michael Murphy, Carl W. Gable:
  Strategies for Nonobtuse Boundary Delaunay Triangulations. 309-320
  
• Philippe P. Pébay, Pascal J. Frey:
  A Priori Delaunay-conformity. 321-333
  
• Angel Plaza, José P. Suárez, Miguel A. Padron:
  Mesh Graph Structure for Longest-Edge Refinement Algorithms. 335-344
  

Hexahedral Meshing

• Alla Sheffer, Michal Etzion, Ari Rappoport, Michel Bercovier:
  Hexahedral Mesh Generation Using Voronoi Skeletons. 347-364
  
• Nathan T. Folwell, Scott A. Mitchell:
  Reliable Whisker Weaving via Curve Contraction. 365-378
  
• Matthias Müller-Hannemann:
  Hexahedral Mesh generation by Successive Dual Cycle Elimination. 379-393
  

Surface Meshing

• Alejandro Díaz-Morcillo, Agustín Bernal-Ros, Luis Nuño:
  Mesh Generation Methods Over Plane and Curved Surfaces. 397-407
  
• Steven J. Owen, Matthew L. Staten, Scott A. Canann, Sunil Saigal:
  Advancing Front Quadrilateral Meshing Using Triangle Transformations. 409-428
  
• Joseph R. Tristano, Steven J. Owen, Scott A. Canann:
  Advancing Front Surface Mesh Generation in Parametric Space Using a Riemannian Surface Definition. 429-445
  

Mesh Quality

• Patrick M. Knupp:
  Winslow Smoothing on Two-Dimensional Unstructured Meshes. 449-457
  
• Julien Dompierre, Paul Labbé, François Guibault, Ricardo Camarero:
  Benchmarks for 3D Unstructured Tetrahedral Mesh Optimization. 459-478
  
• Scott A. Canann, Joseph R. Tristano, Matthew L. Staten:
  An Approach to Combined Laplacian and Optimization-Based Smoothing for Triangular, Quadrilateral, and Quad-Dominant Meshes. 479-494
  

Novel Meshing Approaches

• Mike Holder, Jim Richardson:
  Genetic Algorithms, Another Tool for Quad Mesh Optimization? 497-504
  
• Patrick M. Knupp:
  Next-Generation Sweep Tool: A Method for Generating All-Hex Meshes on Two-and-One-Half Dimensional Geometries. 505-513
  
• Robert W. Leland, Darryl J. Melander, Ray J. Meyers, Scott A. Mitchell, Timothy J. Tautges:
  The Geode Algorithm: Combining Hex/Tet Plastering, Dicing and Transition Elements for Automatic, All-Hex Mesh Generation. 515-521
  

Practical Industrial Experiences

• Gregory J. Elbert, David A. Field, William H. Frey:
  When Mesh Generators Require Enhancements. 525-537
  
• Douglas C. Cheney:
  CAD Model Quality Holds Key for Analysis. 538-546
  
• Anton V. Mobley, Michael P. Carroll, Scott A. Canann:
  An Object Oriented Approach to Geometry Defeaturing for Finite Element Meshing. 547-563