A Novel Virtual Node Hexahedral Element with Exact Integration and Octree Meshing

Figure 1

Partitioning of an arbitrary polyhedral element (VPHE) into (a) a VPHE with 10 nodes and 7 faces, (b) partitioning of the face 1-2-3-4-5 into 5 tetrahedral elements, and (c) partitioning of the face 1-5-6-10 into 4 tetrahedral elements.

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(b)

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