High-resolution simulation of stack pollutant emissions

[EN]A three-dimensional air pollution model for the short-term simulation of emission, transport and reaction of pollutants is presented. In the finite element simulation of these environmental processes over a complex terrain, a mesh generator capable of adapting itself to the topographic characteristics is essential, A local refinement of tetrahedra is used in order to capture the plume rise. Then a wind field is computed by using a mass-consistent model and perturbing its vertical component to introduce the plume rise effect. Finally, an Eulerian convection-diffusionreaction model is used to simulate the pollutant dispersion…

The meccano method for automatic 3-d triangulation and volume parametrization of complex solids

[EN]In this paper we review the novel meccano method. We summarize the main stages (subdivision, mapping, optimization) of this automatic tetrahedral mesh generation technique and we concentrate the study to complex genus-zero solids. In this case, our procedure only requires a surface triangulation of the solid. A crucial consequence of our method is the volume parametrization of the solid to a cube. We construct volume T-meshes for isogeometric analysis by using this result. The efficiency of the proposed technique is shown with several examples. A comparison between the meccano method and standard mesh generation techniques is introduced.-1…

Solar radiation estimation using a numerical model

[EN]A solar radiation numerical model is presented. It is intented to be useful for different purposes like the evaluation of the suitability of possible locations for solar power stations. This model allows the user to evaluate the radiation values in any location easily, and estimate the solar power generation taking into account not only the radiation level, but also the terrain surface conditions considering the cast shadows. The solar radiation model is implemented taking into account the terrain surface using 2-D adaptive meshes of triangles, which are constructed using a refinement/derefinement procedure in accordance with the variations of terrain surface and albedo...

Three-dimensional finite element modelling of stack pollutant emissions

[EN]In this paper we propose a finite element method approach for modelling the air quality in a local scale over complex terrain. The area of interest is up to tens of kilometres and it includes pollutant sources. The proposed methodology involves the generation of an adaptive tetrahedral mesh, the computation of an ambient wind field, the inclusion of the plume rise effect in the wind field, and the simulation of transport and reaction of pollutants. The methodology is used to simulate a fictitious pollution episode in La Palma island (Canary Island, Spain)…

Extensión del método del mecano para análisis isogeométrico con T-splines

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Simulación de la calidad del aire en la isla de Gran Canaria mediante el método de los elementos finitos y su validación con datos experimentales

[EN]Este estudio muestra una simulación 3D de la calidad del aire en la isla de Gran Canaria. Se simula el transporte difusión y reacción de los gases emitidos en dos centrales térmicas de la isla. Se presenta una estrategia de modelización y simulación mediante elementos finitos. Los resultados se comparan con datos experimentales. Se usa el método del Meccano para mallar la isla de Gran Canaria, a partir de una triangulación de la topografia de la isla. A continuación, con los datos de las estaciones de viento, se calcula un campo de viento para la zona de estudio…

Mesh Generation for Isogeometric Analysis with T-spline

[EN]The application of the Isogeometric Analysis (IA) with T-splines [1] demands a partition of the parametric space, C, in a tiling containing T-junctions denominated T-mesh. The T-splines are used both for the geometric modelization of the physical domain, D, and the basis of the numerical approximation. They have the advantage over the NURBS of allowing local refinement. In this work we propose a procedure to construct T-spline representations of complex domains in order to be applied to the resolution of elliptic PDE with IA. In precedent works [2, 3] we accomplished this task by using a tetrahedral parametrization…

The meccano method for finite element and isogeometric analysis

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Local scale finite element modelling of stack pollutant emissions

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Comparación del método del mecano con otras técnicas convencionales de generación de mallas

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Modelización de sólidos mediante estructura Octree

[EN]En este trabajo presentamos un procedimiento para la modelización de sólidos con geometríacompleja mediante una estructura octree [1]. Partiendo de una triangulación superficial del sólido, se construye una malla de hexaedros que aproxima la geometría con una precisión indicada. Para ello se emplea una división recursiva del espacio con una estructura octree. Inicialmente se lleva a cabo una traslación y escalado de la triangulación al cubo inicial [0,1]3 donde se construye el octree...

Untangling and smoothing of quadrilateral and hexahedral meshes

[EN]In this paper, we extend a simultaneous untangling and smoothing technique previously developed for triangular and tetrahedral meshes to quadrilateral and hexahedral ones. Specifically, we present a technique that iteratively untangles and smooths a given quadrilateral or hexahedral mesh by minimizing an objective function defined in terms of a modification of an algebraic quality measure. The proposed method optimizes the mesh quality by a local node relocation process. That is, without modifying the mesh connectivity. Finally, we present several examples to show that the proposed technique obtains valid meshes composed by high-quality quadrilaterals and hexahedra, even when we start from tangled meshes…