Heng Cheng¹, Yichen Yang¹, Yumin Cheng^2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.145, No.3, pp. 2853-2894, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2025.073178 - 23 December 2025

Abstract The element-free Galerkin (EFG) method, which constructs shape functions via moving least squares (MLS) approximation, represents a fundamental and widely studied meshless method in numerical computation. Although it achieves high computational accuracy, the shape functions are more complex than those in the conventional finite element method (FEM), resulting in great computational requirements. Therefore, improving the computational efficiency of the EFG method represents an important research direction. This paper systematically reviews significant contributions from domestic and international scholars in advancing the EFG method. Including the improved element-free Galerkin (IEFG) method, various interpolating EFG methods, four distinct More >

Jufeng Wang¹, Yong Wu¹, Ying Xu¹, Fengxin Sun^2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.135, No.1, pp. 341-356, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.023140 - 29 September 2022

Abstract By introducing the dimensional splitting (DS) method into the multiscale interpolating element-free Galerkin (VMIEFG) method, a dimension-splitting multiscale interpolating element-free Galerkin (DS-VMIEFG) method is proposed for three-dimensional (3D) singular perturbed convection-diffusion (SPCD) problems. In the DS-VMIEFG method, the 3D problem is decomposed into a series of 2D problems by the DS method, and the discrete equations on the 2D splitting surface are obtained by the VMIEFG method. The improved interpolation-type moving least squares (IIMLS) method is used to construct shape functions in the weak form and to combine 2D discrete equations into a global system More >

Zhijuan Meng¹, Yanan Fang¹, Yumin Cheng^2,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.132, No.1, pp. 55-79, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2022.019828 - 02 June 2022

Abstract In this paper, a fast element-free Galerkin (FEFG) method for three-dimensional (3D) elasticity problems is established. The FEFG method is a combination of the improved element-free Galerkin (IEFG) method and the dimension splitting method (DSM). By using the DSM, a 3D problem is converted to a series of 2D ones, and the IEFG method with a weighted orthogonal function as the basis function and the cubic spline function as the weight function is applied to simulate these 2D problems. The essential boundary conditions are treated by the penalty method. The splitting direction uses the finite More >