Shape-free finite element method: another way between mesh and mesh-free methods
Summary: Performances of the conventional finite elements are closely related to the mesh quality. Once distorted elements are used, the accuracy of the numerical results may be very poor, or even the calculations have to stop due to various numerical problems. Recently, the author and his colleagues developed two kinds of finite element methods, named hybrid stress-function (HSF) and improved unsymmetric methods, respectively. The resulting plane element models possess excellent precision in both regular and severely distorted meshes and even perform very well under the situations in which other elements cannot work. So, they are called shape-free finite elements since their performances are independent to element shapes. These methods may open new ways for developing novel high-performance finite elements. Here, the thoughts, theories, and formulae of above shape-free finite element methods were introduced, and the possibilities and difficulties for further developments were also discussed.
- A novel shape-free plane quadratic polygonal hybrid stress-function element
- A shape-free 8-node plane element unsymmetric analytical trial function method
- 8- and 12-node plane hybrid stress-function elements immune to severely distorted mesh containing elements with concave shapes
- A ``FE-meshfree QUAD4 element based on partition of unity
- The meshless finite element method
- 8- and 12-node plane hybrid stress-function elements immune to severely distorted mesh containing elements with concave shapes
- A ``FE-meshfree QUAD4 element based on partition of unity
- A class of mixed assumed strain methods and the method of incompatible modes
- A compatible triangular element including vertex rotations for plane elasticity analysis
- A critical assessment of the truly meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG), and local boundary integral equation (LBIE) methods
- A generalized conforming isoparametric element
- A hybrid-stress element based on Hamilton principle
- A new quadrilateral area coordinate method (QACM-II) for developing quadrilateral finite element models
- A non-conforming element for stress analysis
- A novel FEM by scaling the gradient of strains with factor (FEM)
- A novel unsymmetric 8-node plane element immune to mesh distortion under a quadratic displacement field
- A partition-of-unity based `FE-meshfree' QUAD4 element with radial-polynomial basis functions for static analyses
- A PU-based meshless Shepard interpolation method satisfying delta property
- A shape-free 8-node plane element unsymmetric analytical trial function method
- A smoothed finite element method for mechanics problems
- A systematic construction of B-bar functions for linear and non-linear mixed-enhanced finite elements for plane elasticity problems
- A technique to develop mesh-distortion immune finite elements
- A theoretical study on the smoothed FEM (S-FEM) models: Properties, accuracy and convergence rates
- Alternative ways for formulation of hybrid stress elements
- Analytical trial function method for development of new 8-node plane element based on the variational principle containing Airy stress function
- Another equivalent definition for modular lattices with unit element
- Characteristic equation solution strategy for deriving fundamental analytical solutions of 3D isotropic elasticity
- Development of eight-node quadrilateral membrane elements using the area coordinate method
- Effects of element distortions on the performance of isoparametric elements
- Efficient implementation of quadrilaterals with high coarse-mesh accuracy
- Element‐free Galerkin methods
- Formulation of Quasi-Conforming element and Hu-Washizu principle
- Generalization of selective integration procedures to anisotropic and nonlinear media
- Hexahedral volume coordinate method (HVCM) and improvements on 3D Wilson hexahedral element
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- Least-squares collocation meshless method
- Quadrilateral membrane element family formulated by the quadrilateral area coordinate method
- Rational approach for assumed stress finite elements
- Remedies to rotational frame dependence and interpolation failure of US‐QUAD8 element
- Reproducing kernel particle methods
- A novel shape-free plane quadratic polygonal hybrid stress-function element
- A brief review on polygonal/polyhedral finite element methods
- Tailored finite point method for diffusion equations with interfaces on distorted meshes
- A shape-free 8-node plane element unsymmetric analytical trial function method
- ELEMENT-FREE METHODS VS. MESH-LESS CAE
- An efficient meshless method based on a new shape function
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- A quasi-static crack propagation simulation based on shape-free hybrid stress-function finite elements with simple remeshing
- Overcoming element quality dependence of finite elements with adaptive extended stencil FEM (AES-FEM)
- An unsymmetric 8-node hexahedral element with high distortion tolerance
- 8- and 12-node plane hybrid stress-function elements immune to severely distorted mesh containing elements with concave shapes
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