The aspect ratio for triangles is calculated using the triangle interior angles. For each triangle node (corner node, not mid node), a nodal aspect ratio, r, is defined as:
![](graphics/gmsh_ar_nodal.png)
Where, α is the interior angle at the node.
![](graphics/gmsh_ar_tri.png)
The mean nodal aspect ratio of a triangle is defined as:
![](graphics/gmsh_ar_trinodal.png)
Where, is the nodal aspect ratio of
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The aspect ratio of the triangle is defined as:
![](graphics/gmsh_ar_triequ.png)
For Explicit Physics Preference, Aspect Ratio (Height) is calculated as:
![](graphics/gmsh_aspectratio_explicittri.png)