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Reproducing kernel mesh-free collocation analysis of structural vibrations

Dongliang Qi (Department of Civil Engineering and Xiamen Engineering Technology Center for Intelligent Maintenance of Infrastructures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China)
Dongdong Wang (Department of Civil Engineering and Xiamen Engineering Technology Center for Intelligent Maintenance of Infrastructures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China)
Like Deng (Department of Civil Engineering and Xiamen Engineering Technology Center for Intelligent Maintenance of Infrastructures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China)
Xiaolan Xu (Department of Civil Engineering and Xiamen Engineering Technology Center for Intelligent Maintenance of Infrastructures, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China)
Cheng-Tang Wu (Livermore Software Technology Corporation, Livermore, California, USA)

Engineering Computations

ISSN: 0264-4401

Article publication date: 23 January 2019

Issue publication date: 8 May 2019

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Abstract

Purpose

Although high-order smooth reproducing kernel mesh-free approximation enables the analysis of structural vibrations in an efficient collocation formulation, there is still a lack of systematic theoretical accuracy assessment for such approach. The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed accuracy analysis for the reproducing kernel mesh-free collocation method regarding structural vibrations.

Design/methodology/approach

Both second-order problems such as one-dimensional (1D) rod and two-dimensional (2D) membrane and fourth-order problems such as Euler–Bernoulli beam and Kirchhoff plate are considered. Staring from a generic equation of motion deduced from the reproducing kernel mesh-free collocation method, a frequency error measure is rationally attained through properly introducing the consistency conditions of reproducing kernel mesh-free shape functions.

Findings

This paper reveals that for the second-order structural vibration problems, the frequency accuracy orders are p and (p − 1) for even and odd degree basis functions; for the fourth-order structural vibration problems, the frequency accuracy orders are (p − 2) and (p − 3) for even and odd degree basis functions, respectively, where p denotes the degree of the basis function used in mesh-free approximation.

Originality/value

A frequency accuracy estimation is achieved for the reproducing kernel mesh-free collocation analysis of structural vibrations, which can effectively underpin the practical applications of this method.

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Acknowledgements

The support of this work by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11772280, 11472233) is gratefully acknowledged.

Citation

Qi, D., Wang, D., Deng, L., Xu, X. and Wu, C.-T. (2019), "Reproducing kernel mesh-free collocation analysis of structural vibrations", Engineering Computations, Vol. 36 No. 3, pp. 734-764. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-10-2018-0439

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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