Graph transformations for modeling hp-adaptive finite element method with triangular elements

Abstract

The paper presents composition graph (CP-graph) grammar, which consists of a set of CP-graph transformations, suitable for modeling triangular finite element mesh transformations utilized by the self-adaptive hp Finite Element Method (FEM). The hp adaptive FEM allows to utilize distributed computational meshes, with finite elements of various size (thus h stands for element diameter) and polynomial orders of approximation varying locally, on finite elements edges and interiors (thus p stands for polynomial order of approximation). The computational triangular mesh is represented by attributed CP-graph. The proposed graph transformations model the initial mesh generation, procedure of h refinement (breaking selected finite elements into son elements), and p refinement (adjusting polynomial orders of approximation on selected element edges and interiors). The graph grammar has been defined and verified by implemented graph grammar transformation software tool. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.