Natural element method
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The natural element method (NEM)cite-ref-1[1]cite-ref-2[2]cite-ref-3[3] is a meshless method to solve partial differential equation, where the elements do not have a predefined shape as in the finite element method, but depend on the geometry.cite-ref-4[4]cite-ref-5[5]cite-ref-6[6]
A Voronoi diagram partitioning the space is used to create each of these elements.
Natural neighbor interpolation functions are then used to model the unknown function within each element.
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Applications
When the simulation is dynamic, this method prevents the elements to be ill-formed, having the possibility to easily redefine them at each time step depending on the geometry.
References
cite-note-11. ↑ citerefsukumarmoranbelytschko1998Sukumar, N.; Moran, B.; Belytschko, T. (21 June 1998). "The natural element method in solid mechanics". International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 43 (5): 839–887. Bibcode:1998IJNME..43..839S. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19981115)43:5<839::AID-NME423>3.0.CO;2-R.
cite-note-22. ↑ citerefj-yvonnetd-ryckelynckp-lorongf-chinesta2004J. Yvonnet; D. Ryckelynck; P. Lorong; F. Chinesta (2004). "A new extension of the natural element method for non-convex and discontinuous problems: the constrained natural element method (C-NEM)" (PDF). International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 60 (8): 1451–1474. Bibcode:2004IJNME..60.1451Y. doi:10.1002/nme.1016. S2CID 122887431.
cite-note-55. ↑ "What is the difference between nem (natural element method) and cnem (constrained natural element method)?". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
cite-note-66. ↑ citerefbotelhomarechalramdane2016Botelho, D. P.; Marechal, Y.; Ramdane, B. (November 2016). "Vector interpolation on natural element method: Mesh sensitivity analysis". 2016 IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. p. 1. doi:10.1109/CEFC.2016.7816353. ISBN 978-1-5090-1032-5. S2CID 27851390.