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Liszka, T.J., Duarte, C.A.M. and Tworzydlo, W. W.  "hp-Meshless Cloud Medhod'', Comp. Meth. Appl. Mech. Eng., 139, pp. 263-288, 1996.



 

hp-Meshless Cloud Method

Liszka, T.J., Duarte, C.A.M. and Tworzydlo, W. W.
 

Abstract

A methodology to build discrete models of boundary-value problems (BVP) is presented. The method is applicable to arbirtrary domains and employs only a scattered set of nodes to build approximate solutions to BVPs. A version of moving least square interpolation and the collocation method are used to discretize BVP equations, which results in a truly meshless method (i.e. without a background mesh of integration points). h-and p-adaptive strategies are tested and very good convergence of the method was observed. The improvements in the methodology, in particular the introduction of spectral degrees of freedom, result in a fast and accurate method, significantly more efficient than the Finite Element Method or Element Free Galerkin Method. Several practical applications of the method to solve various engineering problems are presented.



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