... examples and automotive industry applications. Design/methodology/approach A BESO algorithm capable of detecting variations in the stress level of the structure, and thus respond to those changes by reinforcing the solid material, is developed. A meshless method, the RPIM, is used to iteratively obtain...

... and to reduce or cancel mesh generation time by using NURBS curves employed in computer aided designs as a tool for isogeometric analysis. The present formulation extends such curves to be implemented as a stress analysis tool. NURBS Isogeometric analysis Boundary element method Meshless methods Reissner...

... function having compact support, u(ξ) is the nodal value of the approximated function at point ξ . Meshless methods Poisson equation Free surface flows MLS Voronoi diagram Free surface flow simulation arises in many engineering problems with considerable practical aspects...

... Functionally graded materials Exponential basis functions Local approximation Meshless methods Nonlinear PDEs Variable coefficient PDEs Mesh-based methods have matured during the past decades. The finite element method (FEM), for example, has been a subject of intense research since early days...