A collocation method is presented for numerical solution of a typical integral equation Rh := R D R(x, y)h(y)dy = f(x), x ∈ D of the class R, whose kernels are of positive rational functions of arbitrary selfadjoint elliptic operators defined in the whole space R, and D ⊂ R is a bounded domain. Several numerical examples are given to demonstrate the efficiency and stability of the proposed meth...

Meshfree methods based on radial basis function (RBF) approximation are of interest for numerical solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) because they are flexible with respect to geometry, they can provide high order convergence, they allow for local refinement, and they are easy to implement in higher dimensions. For global RBF methods, one of the major disadvantages is the computat...

Numerical integration errors and volumetric locking in the near-incompressible limit are two outstanding issues in Galerkin-based meshfree computations. In this paper, we present a modified Gaussian integration scheme on background cells for meshfree methods that alleviates errors in numerical integration and ensures patch test satisfaction to machine precision. Secondly, a lockingfree small-st...

A differential reproducing kernel (DRK) approximation-based collocation method is developed for solving ordinary and partial differential equations governing the oneand two-dimensional problems of elastic bodies, respectively. In the conventional reproducing kernel (RK) approximation, the shape functions for the derivatives of RK approximants are determined by directly differentiating the RK ap...

The linear systems arising from MFS calculations share certain numerical effects with other systems involving radial basis functions. These effects concern approximation error and stability, which are closely related, and they can already be studied for simple interpolation problems without PDEs. In MFS calculations, they crucially depend on the position and density of the source points and the...

This paper presents a meshless point collocation method for three-dimensional crack propagation. The meshless point collocation method is based on direct discretization of strong-form governing equations to achieve a truly meshless scheme that does not require mesh structures or a numerical integration procedure. These characteristics of the point collocation method enable the direction of an a...

This work introduces the weighted radial basis collocation method for boundary value problems. We first show that the employment of least-squares functional with quadrature rules constitutes an approximation of the direct collocation method. Standard radial basis collocation method, however, yields a larger solution error near boundaries. The residuals in the least-squares functional associated...