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(Galerkin) Finite element approximations The nite element method (FEM): special choice for the shape functions ~. x = a x = b 4 N e = 5 1 2 3 5 Subdivide into elements e: = [N e e =1 e e 1 e 2 = ; Approximate u on each element separately by a polynomial of some degree p, for example by Lagrangian interpolation (using p +1 nodal points per Lecture Series on Computer Aided Design by Dr.Anoop Chawla, Department of Mechanical Engineering ,IIT Delhi. For more details on NPTEL visit nptel.iit 12 Galerkin and Ritz Methods for Elliptic PDEs 12.1 Galerkin Method We begin by introducing a generalization of the collocation method we saw earlier for two-point boundary value problems. Consider the elliptic PDE Lu(x) = f(x), (110) where Lis a linear elliptic partial di?erential operator such as the Laplacian L= ?2 ?x2 + ?2 ?y2 The Galerkin Method This method can be considered as a variation of the collocation method i.e. is a "residual method" that use the function R(x) de ned in (14). The di erence is that here we multiply with weighting functions W i(x)which can be chosen in many ways. Galerkin showed that the individual trial functions v i(x)used in (9) are a good Nitsche's method was extended by Douglas and Dupont , Wheeler , Darlow et al. and Arnold et al. as the Interior Penalty Galerkin Method for elliptic and parabolic equations. The SEM was introduced to elastic wave propagation in the late 90s by Komatitsch et al. [33] , and soon gained importance within the seismological community [7] , [29 Finite Element Method II Structural elements 3D beam element 15 Step 5: Compute element stiffness matrix If the weak formulation holds for the entire field, it also holds for part of the field, i.e. integration is done over one element Insert the displacement field and arbitrary field (Galerkin approach, Platzhalter fur Bild, Bild auf Titelfolie hinter das Logo einsetzen Dr. Noemi Friedman, 13.01.2016. Introduction to PDEs and Numerical Methods Numerical Methods for Differential Equations Generalization to 2D, 3D uses vector calculus Numerical Methods for Differential Equations - p. 17/50. Weak form of ??u = f De?ne inner product Galerkin method (Finite Element Method) 1. 1.3.1 Galerkin method Let us use simple one-dimensional example for the explanation of ?nite element formulation using the Galerkin method. Suppose that we need to solve numerically the following differential equation: a d2u dx2 +b = 0; 0 • x • 2L (1.1) with boundary conditions ujx=0 = 0 a du dx jx=2L = R (1.2) where u is an unknown Truly meshless method: Non-element interpolation technique Non-element approach for integrating the weak form Example a truly meshless method = Meshless local Petrov-Galerkin method (MLPG), no need of mesh or "integration mesh » a meshless method = Element free Galerkin method (EFG), need of "integration mesh". 25 2nd Master in Aerospace FROM EULER, RITZ, AND GALERKIN TO MODERN COMPUTING 3 VariationalCalc.1744E65 Zoom: aboveenvy! Fig. 1.2 Euler's legacy for the theory of variational calculus, with azoom. We will come back later to Euler's proof of this formula. An element?free Galerkin method which is applicable to arbitrary shapes but requires only nodal data is applied to elasticity and heat conduction problems. In this method, moving least?squares interpolants are used to construct the trial and test functions for the variational principle (weak form); the dependent variable and its gradient An element?free Galerkin method which is applicable to arbitrary sh