refinemesh (Partial Differential Equation Toolbox)

Partial Differential Equation Toolbox

Refine a triangular mesh

Syntax

[p1,e1,t1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t) 
[p1,e1,t1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,'regular') 
[p1,e1,t1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,'longest') 
[p1,e1,t1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,it) 
[p1,e1,t1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,it,'regular') 
[p1,e1,t1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,it,'longest') 
[p1,e1,t1,u1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,u) 
[p1,e1,t1,u1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,u,'regular') 
[p1,e1,t1,u1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,u,'longest') 
[p1,e1,t1,u1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,u,it) 
[p1,e1,t1,u1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,u,it,'regular') 
[p1,e1,t1,u1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,u,it,'longest')

Description

[p1,e1,t1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t) returns a refined version of the triangular mesh specified by the geometry g, Point matrix p, Edge matrix e, and Triangle matrix t.

The triangular mesh is given by the mesh data p, e, and t. For details on the mesh data representation, see initmesh.

[p1,e1,t1,u1]=refinemesh(g,p,e,t,u) refines the mesh and also extends the function u to the new mesh by linear interpolation. The number of rows in u should correspond to the number of columns in p, and u1 has as many rows as there are points in p1. Each column of u is interpolated separately.

An extra input argument it is interpreted as a list of subdomains to refine, if it is a row vector, or a list of triangles to refine, if it is a column vector.

The default refinement method is regular refinement, where all of the specified triangles are divided into four triangles of the same shape. Longest edge refinement, where the longest edge of each specified triangle is bisected, can be demanded by giving longest as a final parameter. Using regular as a final parameter results in regular refinement. Some triangles outside of the specified set may also be refined, in order to preserve the triangulation and its quality.

Examples

Refine the mesh of the L-shaped membrane several times. Plot the mesh for the geometry of the L-shaped membrane.

[p,e,t]=initmesh('lshapeg','hmax',inf); 
subplot(2,2,1), pdemesh(p,e,t) 
[p,e,t]=refinemesh('lshapeg',p,e,t); 
subplot(2,2,2), pdemesh(p,e,t) 
[p,e,t]=refinemesh('lshapeg',p,e,t); 
subplot(2,2,3), pdemesh(p,e,t) 
[p,e,t]=refinemesh('lshapeg',p,e,t); 
subplot(2,2,4), pdemesh(p,e,t) 
subplot

Algorithm

The algorithm is described by the steps below:

Pick the initial set of triangles to be refined.
Either divide all edges of the selected triangles in half (regular refinement), or divide the longest edge in half (longest edge refinement).
Divide the longest edge of any triangle that has a divided edge.
Repeat step 3 until no further edges are divided.
Introduce new points of all divided edges, and replace all divided entries in e by two new entries.
Form the new triangles. If all three sides are divided, new triangles are formed by joining the side midpoints. If two sides are divided, the midpoint of the longest edge is joined with the the opposing corner and with the other midpoint. If only the longest edge is divided, its midpoint is joined with the opposing corner.

See Also

initmesh, pdegeom, pdesdt, pdeent

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