Remove std::abs() from the tet volume calculation.

dealii · May 21, 2022 · a68e537 · a68e537
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diff --git a/source/grid/grid_tools.cc b/source/grid/grid_tools.cc
@@ -871,16 +871,8 @@ namespace GridTools
     const std::vector<Point<spacedim>> &all_vertices,
     std::vector<CellData<dim>> &        cells)
   {
-    // This function only works for quads and hexes,
-    // and triangles. From the examples we tested,
-    // tetrahedron meshes loaded from Gmsh don't have
-    // negative measures, so we skip them for now.
-
-    // Since we use std::abs() in GridTools::cell_measure() to
-    // compute the measures of tetrahdra, the measures
-    // are always positive. But if the orientation is wrong,
-    // we may get negative determinants of the Jacobians in
-    // MappingFE, which will triger the assert there.
+    // This function is presently only implemented for hypercube and simplex
+    // volumetric (codimension 0) elements.
 
     if (dim == 1)
       return 0;
@@ -919,15 +911,11 @@ namespace GridTools
                        .is_simplex())
               {
                 ++n_negative_cells;
-                if (dim == 2)
-                  {
-                    // Triangular mesh, swap any two vertices
-                    std::swap(cell.vertices[1], cell.vertices[2]);
-                  }
-                else
-                  {
-                    AssertThrow(false, ExcNotImplemented());
-                  }
+                // By basic rules for computing determinants we can just swap
+                // two vertices to fix a negative volume. Arbitrarily pick the
+                // last two.
+                std::swap(cell.vertices[n_vertices - 2],
+                          cell.vertices[n_vertices - 1]);
               }
             else
               {

diff --git a/source/grid/grid_tools_nontemplates.cc b/source/grid/grid_tools_nontemplates.cc
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace GridTools
         const auto &c = all_vertices[vertex_indices[2]];
         const auto &d = all_vertices[vertex_indices[3]];
 
-        return (1.0 / 6.0) * std::abs((a - d) * cross_product_3d(b - d, c - d));
+        return (1.0 / 6.0) * (d - a) * cross_product_3d(b - a, c - a);
       }
     else if (vertex_indices.size() == 6) // wedge
       {

diff --git a/tests/simplex/grid_in_msh.cc b/tests/simplex/grid_in_msh.cc
@@ -70,4 +70,9 @@ main()
   deallog.push("tetrahedral_elements_dim3_spacedim3: ");
   check_file<3, 3>(std::string(SOURCE_DIR "/grid_in_msh/tet.msh"));
   deallog.pop();
+
+  // Make sure things work when half of the tets are twisted too:
+  deallog.push("tetrahedral_elements_dim3_spacedim3_twisted: ");
+  check_file<3, 3>(std::string(SOURCE_DIR "/grid_in_msh/tet_half_twisted.msh"));
+  deallog.pop();
 }
diff --git a/tests/simplex/grid_in_msh.output b/tests/simplex/grid_in_msh.output
@@ -133,3 +133,67 @@ LOOKUP_TABLE default
 
 
 DEAL:tetrahedral_elements_dim3_spacedim3: ::OK!
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