[Gmsh] Characteristic Length
Christophe Geuzaine
cgeuzaine at ulg.ac.be
Fri Mar 21 18:18:50 CET 2008
Jehanzeb Hameed wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I cant understand how "Characteristic Length" works in gmsh. I specify 4
> points (which are corner of a square, bottom left = (-1,-1) , top right
> = (1,1) ). The points have characteristic length 0.5 . I mesh this
> domain. I cant figure out what the relationship between radius of the
> circumscribed circle and characteristic length is. The documentation
> says this:
>
> "The size of the mesh elements will then be computed by linearly
> interpolating these characteristic lengths on the initial mesh".
>
> I cant understand between what values is the size of the mesh elements
> being interpolated. How can I find this out?
With a char length of 0.5, you should get (about) 4 division per side of
your square (4*0.5=2, which is the length of one side of the square).
>
> Thanks,
> -Jehanzeb
>
>
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