An enriched radial point interpolation method (e-RPIM) for analysis of crack tip fields

In this paper, an enriched radial point interpolation method (e-RPIM) is developed the for the determination of crack tip fields. In e-RPIM, the conventional RBF interpolation is novelly augmented by the suitable trigonometric basis functions to reflect the properties of stresses for the crack tip fields. The performance of the enriched RBF meshfree shape functions is firstly investigated to fit different surfaces. The surface fitting results have proven that, comparing with the conventional RBF shape function, the enriched RBF shape function has: (1) a similar accuracy to fit a polynomial surface; (2) a much better accuracy to fit a trigonometric surface; and (3) a similar interpolation stability without increase of the condition number of the RBF interpolation matrix. Therefore, it has proven that the enriched RBF shape function will not only possess all advantages of the conventional RBF shape function, but also can accurately reflect the properties of stresses for the crack tip fields. The system of equations for the crack analysis is then derived based on the enriched RBF meshfree shape function and the meshfree weak-form. Several problems of linear fracture mechanics are simulated using this newlydeveloped e-RPIM method. It has demonstrated that the present e-RPIM is very accurate and stable, and it has a good potential to develop a practical simulation tool for fracture mechanics problems.

An enriched radial point interpolation method (e-RPIM) for analysis of crack tip fields

In this paper, an enriched radial point interpolation method (e-RPIM) is developed the for the determination of crack tip fields. In e-RPIM, the conventional RBF interpolation is novelly augmented by the suitable trigonometric basis functions to reflect the properties of stresses for the crack tip fields. The performance of the enriched RBF meshfree shape functions is firstly investigated to fit different surfaces. The surface fitting results have proven that, comparing with the conventional RBF shape function, the enriched RBF shape function has: (1) a similar accuracy to fit a polynomial surface; (2) a much better accuracy to fit a trigonometric surface; and (3) a similar interpolation stability without increase of the condition number of the RBF interpolation matrix. Therefore, it has proven that the enriched RBF shape function will not only possess all advantages of the conventional RBF shape function, but also can accurately reflect the properties of stresses for the crack tip fields. The system of equations for the crack analysis is then derived based on the enriched RBF meshfree shape function and the meshfree weak-form. Several problems of linear fracture mechanics are simulated using this newlydeveloped e-RPIM method. It has demonstrated that the present e-RPIM is very accurate and stable, and it has a good potential to develop a practical simulation tool for fracture mechanics problems.

Metodologia de discretização espacial para o método radial de interpolação por pontos (RPIM) aplicada para solução numérica das equações de Maxwell

Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvido e implementado um método de discretização espacial baseado na lei de Coulomb para geração de pontos que possam ser usados em métodos meshless para solução das equações de Maxwell. Tal método aplica a lei de Coulomb para gerar o equilíbrio espacial necessário para gerar alta qualidade de discretização espacial para um domínio de análise. Este método é denominado aqui de CLDM (Coulomb Law Discretization Method ) e é aplicado a problemas bidimensionais. Utiliza-se o método RPIM (Radial Point Interpolation Method) com truncagem por UPML (Uniaxial Perfectlly Matched Layers) para solução das equações de Maxwell no domínio do tempo (modo TMz).

Desenvolvimento de metodologias automáticas para obtenção do parâmetro de forma ótimo para o método RPIM

Neste trabalho, são propostas metodologias para otimização do parâmetro de forma local c do método RPIM (Radial Point Interpolation Method). Com as técnicas apresentadas, é possível reduzir problemas com inversão de matrizes comuns em métodos sem malha e, também, garantir um maior grau de liberdade e precisão para a utilização da técnica, já que se torna possível uma definição semi-automática dos fatores de forma mais adequados para cada domínio de suporte. Além disso, é apresentado um algoritmo baseado no Line Sweep para a geração eficiente dos domínios de suporte.

An enriched radial point interpolation method based on weak-form and strong-form

In this article, an enriched radial point interpolation method (e-RPIM) is developed for computational mechanics. The conventional radial basis function (RBF) interpolation is novelly augmented by the suitable basis functions to reflect the natural properties of deformation. The performance of the enriched meshless RBF shape functions is first investigated using the surface fitting. The surface fitting results have proven that, compared with the conventional RBF, the enriched RBF interpolation has a much better accuracy to fit a complex surface than the conventional RBF interpolation. It has proven that the enriched RBF shape function will not only possess all advantages of the conventional RBF interpolation, but also can accurately reflect the deformation properties of problems. The system of equations for two-dimensional solids is then derived based on the enriched RBF shape function and both of the meshless strong-form and weak-form. A numerical example of a bar is presented to study the effectiveness and efficiency of e-RPIM. As an important application, the newly developed e-RPIM, which is augmented by selected trigonometric basis functions, is applied to crack problems. It has been demonstrated that the present e-RPIM is very accurate and stable for fracture mechanics problems.