CHINESE JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS ›› 2008, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (3): 269-274.

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Optimal Influence Radius of Weight Functions in Meshless Methods in Three Dimensions

NIE Yufeng1, MENG Zhuo2, FAN Xiangkuo1   

  1. 1. Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China;
    2. School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
  • Received:2006-11-08 Revised:2007-06-20 Online:2008-05-25 Published:2008-05-25

Abstract: We establish a practical mathematical model to compute optimal influence radius of weight functions in three dimensions. It is solved with linear basis and quadratic basis. Effects of error estimates, computing time and condition numbers of weight function with different influence radius on computation performance are investigated. Numerical examples demonstrate relability, efficiency and optimality of the influence radius.

Key words: meshless methods, moving least squares, weight function, influence radius, condition number, numerical integration

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