PhParAdapt/Simmetrix

The following page provides details for performing mesh adaptation using the PhParAdapt tool with Simmetrix routines.

Initial Notes to User

• The solution migration feature is currently broken and thus requires other means for transferring the solution to new meshes that are created from PhParAdapt (e.g. solution interpolation in Paraview)
• To date, the steps described herein have only been tried with the following restrictions:
  • Tetrahedral elements
    • Extruded element types apparently can be used but require removal of any extrusion constraints in the mesh. Below are some incomplete details regarding that process for reference. See [1]
  • Serial case
  • Geometry created using SimModeler7.0-190626

Removal of Extrusion Constraint

Riccardo has used a procedure in the past to remove the extrusion constraint from a mesh that enabled adaptation to be performed on extrusion-type elements.

The following directory contains an example of this process: /projects/tools/Models/NASAWingBodyJunction/RajMeshFine/Mesh/1-1-phParAdapt/RemExtrusion/

The executable that is called for removal of the constraint is a part of SCOREC-core, found at <path/to/SCOREC-core/build/dir>/test/rm_extrusion and the source code, in case edits are required, is found at <path/to/SCOREC-core/source/dir>/core/test/rm_extrusion.cc