Re: [Libmesh-users] 2D elements in 3-space?

[Roy S. <roy...@ic...>]

On Sun, 21 Jun 2009, David Knezevic wrote:

> I recall there being some posts about this recently, but I can't find
> them in the archive: What is the current support (if any) for solving
> equations on a manifold embedded in a higher dimensional space, e.g. the
> surface of a sphere?

IIRC we can do 2-manifolds in 3-space, but we can't do non-manifolds
(no three surfaces meeting at a line) and we can't do mixed dimension
(no quads and hexes in the same mesh), because of the assumptions we
make about element neighbors.
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Roy