In order to generate the mesh files used in the thesis, use the following for values of 'a' in the .geo files: 2D: 1 0.04900 529 vertices 1060 elements 2 0.01500 5083 vertices 10168 elements 3 0.00490 50354 vertices 100710 elements 4 0.00150 534608 vertices 1069218 elements 3D: 1 0.08850 1915 vertices 10635 elements 2 0.01880 170297 vertices 1008870 elements 3 0.00885 1701554 vertices 10188506 elements