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Meshes are used in various kinds of simulation calculations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_element_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_element_me

by amitp 9y ago

Meshes are used in various kinds of simulation calculations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_element_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_element_method ; there's also discrete exterior calculus: http://brickisland.net/cs177fa12/?cat=5 http://brickisland.net/cs177fa12/?cat=5

asafira 9y ago
"various" is a crazy simplification: the propogation of radiation (think modeling wifi antenna output, on-chip photonic components, etc.), thermal properties of various electrical objects (think like exact temerature distribution across a resistor, heat distribution around a CPU, jet engines), modelling various materials for mechanical sturdiness and springiness, fluid modelling (the weather, aerodynamicity, etc.). The list is huge!