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- ↑ DURACOMP project (EP/K026925/1)
- ↑ IAA (EP/K503903/1)
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- ↑ A. Kelly, Ł. Kaczmarczyk, C. Pearce Mesh Improvement Methodology for 3D Volumes with Non-planar Surfaces, Proceedings of the 21st International Meshing Roundtable, 55-69, 2013.
- ↑ MoFEM License