How to generate a mesh of two connected / overlapping circles?

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Hi,
We want to create a mesh of the geometry, as can be seen in the figure.
However, because of the overlap of two circles, the mesh does not connect the two circles.
Can someone help us out?
Thank you in advance.
clear all
close all
%%
xCenter1 = 0.7;
yCenter1 = 0;
xCenter2 = 1.5;
yCenter2 = 0;
theta = 0 : 0.01 : 2*pi;
radius1 = 1;
radius12 = 0.9;
radius2 = 1;
radius22 =0.5;
M = 10;
N = 100;
nR1 = linspace(radius1,radius12,M) ;
nR2 = linspace(radius2,radius22,M);
nT = linspace(0,2*pi,N) ;
[R1, T] = meshgrid(nR1,nT) ;
[R2, T] = meshgrid(nR2,nT) ;
%%
%generate 2 circles with parameters above.
x1 = radius1 * cos(theta) + xCenter1;
x11 = radius12*cos(theta)+xCenter1;
y1 = radius1 * sin(theta) + yCenter1;
y11=radius12*sin(theta)+yCenter1;
x2 = radius2 * cos(theta) + xCenter2;
x22 =radius22*cos(theta)+xCenter2;
y2 = radius2 * sin(theta) + yCenter2;
y22=radius22*sin(theta)+yCenter2;
%%
%find distance from each circle center to the other circle's infringing points.
dC2 = sqrt((x1-xCenter2).^2+(y1-yCenter2).^2)>=radius2;
dC22 = sqrt((x11-xCenter2).^2+(y11-yCenter2).^2)>=radius2;
%%
figure
set(gcf,'color','w') ;
axis equal
axis off
box on
hold on
plot(x1(dC2), y1(dC2),'k.',x11(dC22),y11(dC22),'k.',x2,y2,'k.',x22,y22,'k.');
%%
%Calculating coordinates in a matrix
mx1 = R1 .* cos(T) + xCenter1;
mx11 = R1 .*cos(T)+ xCenter1;
my1 = R1 .* sin(T) + yCenter1;
my11=R1 .* sin(T) + yCenter1;
mx2 = R2 .* cos(T) + xCenter2;
mx22 = R2 .* cos(T) + xCenter2;
my2 = R2 .* sin(T) + yCenter2;
my22= R2 .* sin(T)+yCenter2;
mdC2 = sqrt((mx1-xCenter2).^2+(my1-yCenter2).^2)>=radius2;
%creating a figure
figure
set(gcf,'color','w') ;
axis equal
axis off
box on
hold on
%defining the boundaries for the for loop
[m,n] = size(mx1);
for i=1:m
plot(mx2(i,:),my2(i,:),'k','linewidth',1.5);
if mdC2(i,:) == 1
plot(mx1(i,:),my1(i,:),'k','linewidth',1.5);
end
end
%plot(x1(dC2), y1(dC2),'k.',x11(dC22),y11(dC22),'k.',x2,y2,'k.',x22,y22,'k.');
for j=1:n
plot(mx2(:,j),my2(:,j),'k','linewidth',1.5);
%if mdC2(j) == 1
%plot(mx1(:,j),my1(:,j),'k','linewidth',1.5);
% % if mdC2(j) == 1
%end
%
end
grid on;

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KSSV
KSSV on 6 Oct 2020

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