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This article describes a new and fast meshfree method based on a generalized moving least squares (GMLS) approximation and the local weak forms for vibration analysis in solids. In contrast to the meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method, GMLS directly approximates the local weak forms from meshless nodal values, which shifts the local integrations over the low-degree polynomial basis functions rather than over the complicated MLS shape functions. Besides, if the method is set up properly, all local integrals have the same value if all local subdomains have the same shape. These features reduce the computational costs, remarkably. The new technique is called direct meshless local Petrov–Galerkin (DMLPG) method. In DMLPG, the stiff and mass matrices are constructed by integration against polynomials. This overcomes the main drawback of meshfree methods in comparison with the finite element methods (FEM). The Newmark scheme is adapted as a time integration method, and numerical results are presented for various dynamic problems. The results are compared with the exact solutions, if available, and the FEM solutions.
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Mirzaei, D., Hasanpour, K. Direct meshless local Petrov–Galerkin method for elastodynamic analysis. Acta Mech 227, 619–632 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-015-1494-0
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