A review on development and applications of element-free galerkin methods in computational fluid dynamics. Issue 5 (17th September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tey, Wah Yen; Asako, Yutaka; Ng, Khai Ching; Lam, Wei-Haur
• Is Part Of: International journal for computational methods in engineering science and mechanics. Volume 21:Issue 5(2020)
• Page Start: 252
• Page End: 275
• Publication Date: 2020-09-17
• Subjects: Moving boundary problems -- meshfree techniques -- element-free galerkin method -- improved EFG -- variational multiscale EFG -- scaled boundary EFG -- complex variable EFG -- enriched EFG; Engineering -- Data processing -- Periodicals; Engineering mathematics -- Periodicals; Computer-aided engineering -- Periodicals; 620.00420285
• DOI: 10.1080/15502287.2020.1821126
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-2287

Abstract

Abstract: Element-free Galerkin (EFG) method was formulated to simulate elastic fracture in structural mechanics and it possesses great advantages by allowing more flexible numerical treatment on moving interface without mesh regeneration. It has become the research interest of scientific computing to transplant the EFG algorithm into Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) whenever deforming boundaries set in. However, compared with Arbitrary-Lagrangian-Eulerian method and Immersed Boundary method, the development and application of EFG method in CFD is still in infancy. The goal of the review paper is to systematically bridge the current development of EFG methods with its future applications in CFD.