MeshGUI: A Mesh Generation and Editing Toolset for the ADCIRC Model

Abstract

The User's Manual for the Matlab-based MeshGUI Graphical User Interface (GUI) containing the software programs meshcreate.m and meshedit.m describes the software, including its functionality and usage. The meshcreate and meshedit tools provide a relatively automated and interactive means, respectively, for obtaining good quality finite element meshes that directly interface with the ADvanced CIRCulation Model (ADCIRC) through the fort.14 file. The resulting mesh, defined by a coastline boundary that inscribes connected linear triangles, discretizes a geographic region of interest for which the ADCIRC model is to be applied. The goals of the GUI-based meshcreate and meshedit tools are to provide some flexibility to the experienced user for designing or modifying a mesh while at the same time ensuring a quality mesh will result after only minimal input from the novice user.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 08, 2008
Accession Number
ADA478174

Entities

People

  • Cheryl A. Blain
  • Robert S. Linzell
  • T. C. Massey

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Boundaries
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Directories
  • Geographic Regions
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Grids
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Quality Control
  • Shell Scripts
  • User Interface

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)