On error control in the element-free Galerkin method

Zhuang, Xiaoying, Heaney, Claire and Augarde, Charles 2012. On error control in the element-free Galerkin method. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements 36 (3) , pp. 351-360. 10.1016/j.enganabound.2011.06.011

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Abstract

The paper investigates discretisation error control in the element-free Galerkin method (EFGM) highlighting the differences from the finite element method (FEM). We demonstrate that the (now) conventional procedures for error analysis used in the finite element method require careful application in the EFGM, otherwise competing sources of error work against each other. Examples are provided of previous works in which adopting an FEM-based approach leads to dubious refinements. The discretisation error is here split into contributions arising from an inadequate number of degrees of freedom eh, and from an inadequate basis ep. Numerical studies given in this paper show that for the EFGM the error cannot be easily split into these component parts. Furthermore, we note that arbitrarily setting the size of nodal supports (as is commonly proposed in many papers) causes severe difficulties in terms of error control and solution accuracy. While no solutions to this problem are presented in this paper it is important to highlight these difficulties in applying an approach to errors from the FEM in the EFGM. While numerical tests are performed only for the EFGM, the conclusions are applicable to other meshless methods based on the concept of nodal support.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Meshless; EFG; Adaptivity; Error control
ISSN:	0955-7997
Related URLs:	Publisher
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2016 02:46
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/45949

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