Domain decomposition for mean curvature flow of surface polygonal meshes

We explore the use of domain decomposition for potentially more efficient mean curvature flow of surface meshes, whose faces are arbitrary simple polygons. We first test traditional domain decomposition methods with and without overlap of deconstructed domains. Then we present adapted Robin coupling conditions of optimized Schwarz method adapted to the mean curvature flow. Finally, we analyze the resulting smoothing from the point of view of shape quality and texture deformation. By decomposing the initial mesh into two sub-meshes, we solve two smaller boundary value problems instead of one big problem, and we can process these tasks with meaningful amount of parallelism.

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Computer Aided Geometric Design
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2026-04-13
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cagd.2026.102552
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Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
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Domain decomposition for mean curvature flow of surface polygonal meshes

Michal Outrata, Lenka Ptáčková
Computer Aided Geometric Design
Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
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Domain decomposition for mean curvature flow of surface polygonal meshes

Michal Outrata, Lenka Ptáčková
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Abstract

We explore the use of domain decomposition for potentially more efficient mean curvature flow of surface meshes, whose faces are arbitrary simple polygons. We first test traditional domain decomposition methods with and without overlap of deconstructed domains. Then we present adapted Robin coupling conditions of optimized Schwarz method adapted to the mean curvature flow. Finally, we analyze the resulting smoothing from the point of view of shape quality and texture deformation. By decomposing the initial mesh into two sub-meshes, we solve two smaller boundary value problems instead of one big problem, and we can process these tasks with meaningful amount of parallelism.

Computer Aided Geometric DesignVol. 127
Charles University (CZ), Numerical Method (China) (CN)
Univerzita Karlova v Praze, European Research Council
Openalex Percentile: Top 11%
Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows
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