An introduction to meshfree methods and their programming
Preface
The book is written for senior university students, graduate students,
researchers, professionals in engineering and science. Readers of this book can be any one from a beginner student to a professional researcher as well as engineers who are interested in learning and applying MFree methods to solve their problems. Knowledge of the finite element method is not required but it would help in the understanding and comprehension of many
concepts and procedures of MFree methods. Basic knowledge of solids
mechanics would also be helpful. The codes provided for practise might be
the most effective way to learn the basics of MFree methods.
Acknowledgement
The authors’ work in the area of meshfree methods discussed in this book
has been profoundly influenced by the works by Prof. T. Belytschko, Prof. S. N. Atluri, and others. Without their significant contributions in this area, this book would not exist.
Many of our colleagues and students have supported and contributed to the writing of this book. The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to all of them. Special thanks to X. Liu, Y.L. Wu, K.Y. Dai, L. Yan,
G.Y. Zhang, etc. Many of them have contributed examples to this book in
addition to their hard work in carrying out a number of pro
jects related to
meshfree methods at the Centre for Advanced Computations in Engineering
Science (ACES). Special thanks also go to Y. Liu, Bernard Kee, Jerry Quek, etc. for readin
g the drafts of this thick volume and providing very useful
editorial comments.
The authors are grateful to Professor Gladwell for editing the manuscript;
his constructive comments and suggestions improved readability of the book.
Finally, the authors would also like to thank A*STAR, Singapore, and the National University of Singapore for their partial financial sponsorship in some of the research projects undertaken by the authors and their teams
related to the topic of this book.
G.R. Liu
Y.T. Gu
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