[MOAB-dev] Cylindrical Mesh

[Paul Wilson]

Hi Patrick,

It's certainly possible to represent a cylindrical mesh with 2nd-order 
hexes (and prisms at the center).

Determining volume fractions via ray-firing using DAGMC is not currently 
supported on 2nd-order mesh elements, however.

Paul

On 07/01/2015 09:23 AM, Patrick Shriwise wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I think there was a thread about this a while ago... I recently got an 
> email from someone at GWU asking about a geometry/mesh library which 
> can do volume fractions in cylindrical coordinates. They were 
> originally looking for a way to do this via the pytaps interface, but 
> are willing to use other methods if they are available.
>
> I feel like I remember someone mentioning that there is access to 
> cylindrical mesh elements in MOAB, but I couldn't be sure. Is this 
> true or am I daydreaming?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patrick

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