A NEW ELEMENT-FREE GALERKIN METHOD BASED ON IMPROVED COMPLEX VARIABLE MOVING LEAST-SQUARES APPROXIMATION FOR ELASTICITY

In this paper, by constructing a new functional, an improved complex variable moving least-squares (ICVMLS) approximation is presented. Based on element-free Galerkin (EFG) method and the ICVMLS approximation, a new complex variable element-free Galerkin (CVEFG) method for two-dimensional elasticity problems is presented. Galerkin weak form is used to obtain the discretized equations and the essential boundary conditions are applied with Lagrange multiplier. Then the formulae of the new CVEFG method for two-dimensional elasticity problems are obtained. Compared with the conventional EFG method, the new CVEFG method has greater computational precision and efficiency. For the purposes of demonstration, some selected numerical examples are solved using the ICVEFG method.