无网格法及其最新进展

无网格法具有许多独特的优点,因此有人认为无网格法将成为继有限元法之后新一代的数值方法.到目前为止,已提出了不下十几种无网格法,这些无网格法各有不同的优缺点.本文评述几种主要无网格法(着重应用于固体力学中的基于弱式的无网格法),将它们适当地分类,论述典型的无网格形状函数的构造方法,介绍无网格法的发展现状,评价已提出无网格法的优缺点,并比较典型无网格法的相同和不同点,以及讨论无网格法发展所面临的问题等.最后就无网格法的发展趋势进行了展望.

Boundary knot method for 2D and 3D Helmholtz and convection-diffusion problems under complicated geometry

The boundary knot method (BKM) of very recent origin is an inherently meshless, integration-free, boundary-type, radial basis function collocation technique for the numerical discretization of general partial differential equation systems. Unlike the method of fundamental solutions, the use of non-singular general solution in the BKM avoids the unnecessary requirement of constructing a controversial artificial boundary outside the physical domain. The purpose of this paper is to extend the BKM to solve 2D Helmholtz and convection-diffusion problems under rather complicated irregular geometry. The method is also first applied to 3D problems. Numerical experiments validate that the BKM can produce highly accurate solutions using a relatively small number of knots. For inhomogeneous cases, some inner knots are found necessary to guarantee accuracy and stability. The stability and convergence of the BKM are numerically illustrated and the completeness issue is also discussed.