A Fully Automatic h-Adaptive Analysis Procedure Using the Edge-Based Smoothed Point Interpolation Method

Within the framework of edge-based smoothed point interpolation method (ES-PIM), a fully automatic adaptive procedure has been proposed by introducing a novel local critical value definition. Owing to the softened stiffness, ES-PIM can generally provide much better results than the traditional finite element method using the simplest linear triangle elements. By comparing with most adaptive models which need to set a refinement rate manually, a...