Meshless Analysis of Complex Shapes (IMAGE)

Carnegie Mellon University

Meshless Analysis of Complex Shapes

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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown complex shapes need not be divided into intricate meshes, left, to perform geometric analysis. Instead of spending 14 hours creating a mesh, they use Monte Carlo methods to get initial results in less than a minute of the amount of heat radiated from an ant's body, center. Additional computation further refines the results, right.

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