This paper on "Generation of Hexahedral Element Meshes for the Simulation of Metal Forming Processes" was presented at the 5th International Conference on Reliability of Finite Element Methods for Engineering Applications - 10-12 May 1995, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Summary

We consider the problem of mesh generation with special regard to the simulation of metal forming processes. In this application area one must deal with a remeshing problem due to mesh distortions occurring during the simulation of plastic deformation. A remeshing algorithm is presented whose key part is an algorithm for the generation of all-hexahedral element meshes. The quality of the algorithm is demonstrated by means of various examples.