CHARMS: H-adaptive Finite Element Simulations

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

  1. Endres, L. and P. Krysl (2002): Refinement of Finite Element Approximations on Tetrahedral Meshes with Guaranteed Shape Quality, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, submitted. (Download PDF of draft)
  2. Grinspun E, Krysl P, Schroder P (2002): CHARMS: A simple framework for adaptive simulation, ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS, 21 (3): 281-290 JUL 2002.
  3. Grinspun, E, P. Krysl, and P. Schröder (2002): CHARMS: A Simple Framework for Adaptive Simulation, Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2002. (Download PDF)
  4. Krysl, P., E. Grinspun, and P. Schröder (2001): Natural Hierarchical Refinement for Finite Element Methods, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, to appear. (Download PDF of draft)

Publications in proceedings

  1. Krysl, P. (2002): Hierarchical Adaptive Finite Element Approximation Via Natural Mesh Refinement, Proceedings of the Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM V), July 7-12, 2002, Vienna, Austria, Editors: Mang, H.A.; Rammerstorfer, F.G.; Eberhardsteiner, J., Publisher: Vienna University of Technology, Austria, ISBN 3-9501554-0-6, http://wccm.tuwien.ac.at.
  2. Krysl, P. (2001): Hierarchical Refinement of Finite Element Meshes: A Meshless Viewpoint, Proceedings, 6th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dearborn, Michigan, August 1-4, 2001, p. 10, 2001.
  3. Krysl, P. (2001): From Meshless Methods to Natural Hierarchical Refinement of Finite Element Meshes, Proceedings, First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 12-15, 2001, 1595-1597, 2001.
  4. Krysl, P. (2001): Hierarchical Refinement for General Finite Element Grids, Proceedings, 2001 SIAM Annual Meeting, July 9-13, 2001, San Diego, p.39.
  5. Krysl, P. E. Grinspun, and P. Schroeder (2000): A Refinement Method for Adaptive Computations on Subdivision Surfaces, NSF-KDI/IGPP Workshop 2000 on Accurate Simulation and Modeling of Physical Systems , Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA November 9-10, 2000.
  6. Grinspun E, Krysl, P. and P. Schroeder (2000): A Refinement Method for Adaptive Computations on Subdivision Surfaces, Workshop on Meshfree Methods, University of Iowa, November 4, 2000.

 

Sample simulations

Inflation of rubber balloon

Inflation of rubber heart-shaped balloon. (Implementation: Eitan Grinspun.)

Propagation of elastic wave in an inhomogeneous cylinder

 Time evolution of von Mises stress. Time evolution of pressure.

 

Framework for Adaptive Multiphysics Simulations

The Framework for Adaptive Multiphysics Simulations (FAMULS; famulus: scholar's helper (OED.)) is being developed in C++ to accommodate h-adaptivity in general finite element meshes.

pkrysl@ucsd.edu