S. N. Atluri1, Shengping Shen1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.7, No.3, pp. 241-268, 2005, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2005.007.241
Abstract Various MLPG methods, with the MLS approximation for the trial function, in the solution of a 4$^{th}$ order ordinary differential equation are illustrated. Both the primal MLPG methods and the mixed MLPG methods are used. All the possible local weak forms for a 4$^{th}$ order ordinary differential equation are presented. In the first kind of mixed MLPG methods, both the displacement and its second derivative are interpolated independently through the MLS interpolation scheme. In the second kind of mixed MLPG methods, the displacement, its first derivative, second derivative and third derivative are interpolated independently through… More >