The improved element-free Galerkin method for three-dimensional wave equation

The paper presents the improved element-freeGalerkin(IEFG) method for three-dimensional wave propagation.The improved moving least-squares(IMLS) approximation is employed to construct the shape function,whichuses an orthogonal function system with a weight function asthe basis function.Compared with the conventional movingleast-squares(MLS) approximation,the algebraic equationsystem in the IMLS approximation is not ill-conditioned,andcan be solved directly without deriving the inverse matrix.Because there are fewer coefficients in the IMLS than in theMLS approximation,fewer nodes are selected in the IEFGmethod than in the element-free Galerkin method.Thus,theIEFG method has a higher computing speed.In the IEFGmethod,the Galerkin weak form is employed to obtain a discretized system equation,and the penalty method is appliedto impose the essential boundary condition.The traditionaldifference method for two-point boundary value problems isselected for the time discretization.As the wave equationsand the boundary-initial conditions depend on time,the scaling parameter,number of nodes and the time step length areconsidered for the convergence study.