On numerical regularity of the face-to-face longest-edge bisection algorithm for tetrahedral partitions

The finite element method usually requires regular or strongly regular families of partitions in order to get guaranteed a priori or a posteriori error estimates. In this paper we examine the recently invented longest-edge bisection algorithm that always produces only face-to-face simplicial partiti...

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Vydáno v:Science of computer programming Ročník 90; s. 34 - 41
Hlavní autoři: Hannukainen, Antti, Korotov, Sergey, Křížek, Michal
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Elsevier B.V 15.09.2014
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ISSN:0167-6423, 1872-7964
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Shrnutí:The finite element method usually requires regular or strongly regular families of partitions in order to get guaranteed a priori or a posteriori error estimates. In this paper we examine the recently invented longest-edge bisection algorithm that always produces only face-to-face simplicial partitions. First, we prove that the regularity of the family of partitions generated by this algorithm is equivalent to its strong regularity in any dimension. Second, we present a number of 3d numerical tests, which demonstrate that the technique seems to produce regular (and therefore strongly regular) families of tetrahedral partitions. However, a mathematical proof of this statement is still an open problem. •We examine the longest-edge bisection algorithm that refines simplicial partitions.•The resulting families of partitions are regular iff they are strongly regular.•The longest-edge bisection algorithm is very easy to implement in any dimension.•Numerical tests seem to produce regular families of tetrahedral partitions.
ISSN:0167-6423
1872-7964
DOI:10.1016/j.scico.2013.05.002