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In this work, we introduce a new method for generating Lagrangian computational meshes from Eulerian-based data. We focus specifically on shock physics problems that are relevant to Eulerian-based codes that generate volume fraction data on a Cartesian grid. A step-by-step procedure for generating an all-hexahedral mesh is presented. We focus specifically on the challenges of developing a parallel implementation using the message passing interface (MPI) to ensure a continuous, conformal and good quality hex mesh.
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Owen, S.J., Staten, M.L., Sorensen, M.C. (2011). Parallel Hex Meshing from Volume Fractions. In: Quadros, W.R. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th International Meshing Roundtable. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24734-7_9
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