• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.94-109
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• 2006

An improved meshfree method called the Petrov-Galerkin natural element (PG-NE) method is introduced in order to secure the numerical integration accuracy. As in the Bubnov-Galerkin natural element (BG-NE) method, we use Laplace interpolation function for the trial basis function and Delaunay triangles to define a regular integration background mesh. But, unlike the BG-NE method, the test basis function is differently chosen, based on the Petrov-Galerkin concept, such that its support coincides exactly with a regular integration region in background mesh. Illustrative numerical experiments verify that the present method successfully prevents the numerical accuracy deterioration stemming from the numerical integration error.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.103-111
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 수치적분 정도를 향상시킬 수 있는 새로운 무요소 기법을 제안한파 저자들에 의해 페트로프-갤러킨 자연요소법(PG-NEM)이라 명명된 이 새로운 기법은 보로노이 다이어그램과 델라우니 삼각화에 기반을 두고 있으며, 이는 BG-NEM이라 불리는 기존의 자연요소법과 개념적으로 동일하다. 하지만, 동일한 시험 형상함수와 시도 형상함수를 선택하는 BG-NEM과는 달리, PG-NEM에서는 지지영역이 적분을 위한 배경격자에 정확하게 일치하도록 시험 형상함수를 독립적으로 선택하는 페트로프-갤러킨 개념에 기반을 두고 있다. 따라서, 제안된 기법은 BG-NEM과 비교하여 수치적분 정도를 현저히 향상시킬 것으로 기대된다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.1274-1279
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• 2003

In this paper, a new meshfree technique which improves the numerical integration accuracy is introduced. This new method called the Petrov-Galerkin natural element(PG-NE) is based on the Voronoi diagram and the Delaunay triangulation which is based on the same concept used for conventional natural element method called the Bubnov-Galerkin natural element(BG-NE). But, unlike BG-NE method, the test shape function is differently chosen from the trial shape function. The proposed technique ensures that the numerical integration error is remarkably reduced.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.474-479
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• 2004

According to our previous study, it is confirmed that the Petrov-Galerkin natural element method (PGNEM) completely resolves the numerical integration inaccuracy in the conventional Bubnov-Galerkin natural element method (BG-NEM). This paper is an extension of PG-NEM to two-dimensional nonlinear dynamic problem. For the analysis, a constant average acceleration method and a linearized total Lagrangian formulation is introduced with the PG-NEM. At every time step, the grid points are updated and the shape functions are reproduced from the relocated nodal distribution. This process enables the PG-NEM to provide more accurate and robust approximations. The representative numerical experiments performed by the test Fortran program, and the numerical results confirmed that the PG-NEM effectively and accurately approximates the nonlinear dynamic problem.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1881-1890
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• 2006

In this paper, a Petrov-Galerkin natural element method (PG-NEM) based upon the natural neighbor concept is presented for the free vibration and dynamic response analyses of two-dimensional linear elastic structures. A problem domain is discretized with a finite number of nodes and the trial basis functions are defined with the help of the Voronoi diagram. Meanwhile, the test basis functions are supported by Delaunay triangles for the accurate and easy numerical integration with the conventional Gauss quadrature rule. The numerical accuracy and stability of the proposed method are verified through illustrative numerical tests.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2004년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.333-340
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• 2004

This paper deals with geometric nonlinear analyses using a new meshfree technique which improves the numerical integration accuracy. The new method called the Petrov-Galerkin natural element method (PGNEM) is based on the Voronoi diagram and the Delaunay triangulation which is based on the same concept used for conventional natural element method called the Bubnov-Galerkin natural element method (BGNEM). But, unlike BGNEM, the test shape function is differently chosen from the trial shape function. In the linear static analysis, it is ensured that the numerical integration error of the PGNEM is remarkably reduced. In this paper, the PGNEM is applied to large deformation problems, and the accuracy of the proposed numerical technique is verified through the several examples.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2005

기존의 부브노프-갤러킨 자연요소법(BG-NEM)에서 발생하는 수치적분의 부정확성을 페트로프-갤러킨 자연요소법(PG-NEM)에서 완벽히 해결할 수 있음을 저자들의 이전 논문에서 확인하였다. 본 논문에서는 PG-NEM을 확장하여 2차원 기하학적 비선형 문제를 다룬다. 해석을 위해 선형화된 토탈 라그랑지 정식화를 도입하고 PG-NEM을 적용하여 근사화한다. 각 하중 단계마다 절점은 새로운 위치로 갱신되며, 재분포된 절점을 바탕으로 형상함수를 새롭게 구성한다. 이러한 과정은 PG-NEM이 더 정확하고 안정적인 근사함수를 제공하는 것을 가능하게 한다. 개발된 포트란 시험 프로그램을 이용하여 대표적인 수치 예제를 수행하였으며, 수치결과로부터 PG-NEM이 효율적이고 정확하게 대변형 문제를 근사화하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.113-121
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• 2005

무요소기법이 공통적으로 내재하고 있는 수치적분의 부정확성을 해결하기 위해, 페트로프-갤러킨 자연요소법이라 불리는 향상된 자연요소법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 라플라스 기저함수를 시도 형상함수로 사용하는 반면, 시험 형상함수로서 델라우니 삼각형이 지지영역이 되는 함수를 새롭게 정의한다. 이러한 접근은 통상적인 적분영역과 적분함수 지지영역간의 불일치를 제거하게 하며, 이는 적용이 편리할 뿐만 아니라 수치적분의 정확성을 보장한다 본 논문에서는 2차윈 선형 탄성의 대표적인 검증문제를 통하여 제안된 방법의 타당성을 검증한다. 비교를 위해 기존의 부브노프-갤러킨 자연요소법과 일정 변형률 유한요소법을 이용한 해석을 동시에 수행한다. 조각 시험과 수렴율 평가를 통해 제안된 기법의 우수성을 확인할 수 있다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1741-1752
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• 2006

A combined Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin method (SUPG) and segregated finite element algorithm for solving conjugate heat transfer problems where heat conduction in a solid is coupled with heat convection in viscous fluid flow is presented. The Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin method is used for the analysis of viscous thermal flow in the fluid region, while the analysis of heat conduction in solid region is performed by the Galerkin method. The method uses the three-node triangular element with equal-order interpolation functions for all the variables of the velocity components, the pressure and the temperature. The main advantage of the presented method is to consistently couple heat transfer along the fluid-solid interface. Four test cases, which are the conjugate Couette flow problem in parallel plate channel, the counter-flow in heat exchanger, the conjugate natural convection in a square cavity with a conducting wall, and the conjugate natural convection and conduction from heated cylinder in square cavity, are selected to evaluate efficiency of the presented method.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.589-603
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• 2015

The mixed-mode stress intensity factors of 2-D angled cracks are evaluated by Petrov-Galerkin natural element (PG-NE) method in which Voronoi polygon-based Laplace interpolation functions and CS-FE basis functions are used for the trial and test functions respectively. The interaction integral is implemented in a frame of PG-NE method in which the weighting function defined over a crack-tip integral domain is interpolated by Laplace interpolation functions. Two Cartesian coordinate systems are employed and the displacement, strains and stresses which are solved in the grid-oriented coordinate system are transformed to the other coordinate system aligned to the angled crack. The present method is validated through the numerical experiments with the angled edge and center cracks, and the numerical accuracy is examined with respect to the grid density, crack length and angle. Also, the stress intensity factors obtained by the present method are compared with other numerical methods and the exact solution. It is observed from the numerical results that the present method successfully and accurately evaluates the mixed-mode stress intensity factors of 2-D angled cracks for various crack lengths and crack angles.