Meshfree particle methods.

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The book presents a comprehensive exposition of meshfree methods with applications to engineering problems such as compressible and incompressible flows around obstacles, particle motion in Stokes flow, underwater explosion, projectile penetration and target fragmentation, crack growth and propagation, strain localization and dynamic shear bands. Most of the material covers recent developments in the field. According to the authors, the objectives of the book are to be a pedagogical tool for novices, serving as a (graduate) textbook and to be a comprehensive source for researchers, providing a state-of-the-art technical documentation on meshfree particle methods. The long list of 475 references to relevant publications and the detailed program listing (23 pages Fortran 77 code) of an exemplary meshfree algorithm underline this goal. After a short introductory chapter covering basic concepts and notation, the authors present a detailed description of smoothed particle hydrodynamics. Fundamental properties are addressed as well as discretization details and deficiencies of the method. Several modifications and corrections of the original approach are also discussed. In Chapter 3, meshfree Galerkin methods are introduced based on the moving least square reproducing kernel interpolant, the meshfree wavelet interpolant and the diffusive element method. The important issue of how to incorporate essential boundary conditions into the element free galerkin method is also addressed. Other methods discussed here include the \(h\)-\(p\) clouds method, the partition of unity method and the meshfree local Petrov-Galerkin method. The approximation theory and convergence issues of meshfree Galerkin methods are considered in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 highlights the usefulness of meshfree methods for several examples: large deformations of thin shell structures, simulation of strain localization, simulations of dynamic shearband propagation, simulations of crack growth, contact simulations, and fluid dynamics simulations. Chapter 6 is devoted to the so called reproducing kernel element method which allows the construction of finite element spaces with arbitrary global regularity by using concepts from the meshfree approach. In Chapter 7, the authors present the molecular dynamics approach and its coupling with continuum descriptions in the form of finite element methods. Compared to the previous chapters, the target equations are systems of ordinary differential equations and the particles have a direkt physical interpretation. Applications include wave propagation, crack propagation and simulation of nanocarbon tubes. Chapter 8 covers the basic theory of the immersed meshfree/finite element method and contains applications in bio-mechanics and bio-engineering. The book closes with a short chapter on other meshfree methods and a long list of references.




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