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Host: University of Iowa
Sponsor: IMA and NSF/DARPA
Homepage: http://www.ima.umn.edu/PI/meshfree.html
Organizers: J.S. Chen, K.K. Choi, W. Han, S. Oliveira, D. Stewart
Description:
Recently, a next generation of numerical methods, collectively called meshfree methods or meshless methods, have attracted more and more
researchers in computational sciences and engineering. The goal of the research on the meshfree methods is to modify the internal structure of the
traditional finite element method to make it more flexible, versatile and robust. Meshfree methods have been successfully applied in several areas
where the application of the traditional finite element method is limited: moving discontinuities such as cracks and shocks, multi-scale resolution,
large material distortions, etc. A large variety of meshfree methods have been developed in the past few years, including Element-Free Galerkin
Method, hp-Clouds, Partition of Unity Finite Element Method, Reproducing Kernel Particle Method.
A workshop on meshfree methods will be held at the University of Iowa on Saturday, October 21, 2000. The aim of this workshop is to bring together mathematicians, computer scientists and engineering researchers to exchange ideas, results and applications of the meshfree methods. The workshop will provide a good opportunity especially for numerical analysts as many fundamental issues related to the meshfree methods still need to be investigated.
Speakers: Ivo Babuska
Date received: April 24, 2000
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