[Gmsh] Two bodies in contact
Christophe Geuzaine
geuzaine at acm.caltech.edu
Fri Aug 13 16:34:22 CEST 2004
Riad Hassani wrote:
> Hi,
> is it possible to mesh 2 distinct bodies in an independent
> manner, even when these bodies contact on a part of their
> surfaces ?
Riad - the general answer is: no. The surface mesh should work, but
the volume mesh will fail since there is a "zero-volume" region where
you have the contact. When the topology is different, you have to
consider the cases separately.
Best,
Christophe
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Christophe Geuzaine
Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech
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