Partitioning of tall buildings using bubble graph representation

Authors
Topping, BHV Ivanyi, P
Citation
Bhv. Topping et P. Ivanyi, Partitioning of tall buildings using bubble graph representation, J COMP CIV, 15(3), 2001, pp. 178-183
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Civil Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF COMPUTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
ISSN journal
08873801 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
178 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-3801(200107)15:3<178:POTBUB>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
In this paper it is shown that the current methods of graph representation used for finite-element mesh partitioning are inappropriate for tall buildi ngs, where the mesh will generally consist of both one and two dimensional elements. A new graph representation, called the bubble graph, is proposed and the results of decomposing these graphs using standard graph partitioni ng tools are presented. The new graph representation is shown to be appropr iate for the partitioning of finite-element meshes of tall buildings.