The purpose of this thesis is to improve the integration between CAD and CAE. Meshing technologies to obtain a FE-mesh with the shape of a CAD model are available, while instead the inverse step is still a challenge. In the context of shape optimization, it is possible to modify the shape of a CAD model, obtaining at the end of the process a FE-mesh with the optimized shape. Nevertheless, one would need a CAD model resembling the optimized shape. This work presents two approaches to obtain a smooth CAD matching the shape of a mesh.     «

The purpose of this thesis is to improve the integration between CAD and CAE. Meshing technologies to obtain a FE-mesh with the shape of a CAD model are available, while instead the inverse step is still a challenge. In the context of shape optimization, it is possible to modify the shape of a CAD model, obtaining at the end of the process a FE-mesh with the optimized shape. Nevertheless, one would need a CAD model resembling the optimized shape. This work presents two approaches to obtain...     »