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Title: Mechanics of cantilever beam: Implementation and comparison of FEM and MLPG approach

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4952344· OSTI ID:22609029
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  1. Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39 (Slovenia)

Two weak form solution approaches for partial differential equations, the well known meshbased finite element method and the newer meshless local Petrov Galerkin method are described and compared on a standard test case - mechanics of cantilever beam. The implementation, solution accuracy and calculation complexity are addressed for both approaches. We found out that FEM is superior in most standard criteria, but MLPG has some advantages because of its flexibility that results from its general formulation.

OSTI ID:
22609029
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1738, Issue 1; Conference: ICNAAM 2015: International conference of numerical analysis and applied mathematics 2015, Rhodes (Greece), 22-28 Sep 2015; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English