An Efficient Approach for Solving Mesh Optimization Problems Using Newton’s Method

Figure 5

The element types of the two initial volume meshes. (a) Cut of initial polyhedral mesh showing invalid elements. Here, red elements indicate inverted elements. (b) Cut of optimized polyhedral mesh with no inverted elements. (c) Full polyhedral mesh with no inverted elements.

(a) 2-material model (initial)

(b) 2-material model (optimized)

(c) 2-material model (optimized)