Continuing with the analysis performed for the one-dimensional axially loaded bar problem, a beam in bending is analysed to understand the influence of the characteristic parameters that have any influence in the solution of this problem using the element-free Galerkin method (EFGM), one of the most popular meshless methods. Both accuracy and time cost are considered as the evaluation functions to perform such an analysis. Both functions provide a reasonable idea to consider EFGM as an adequate method to solve the problem considered in this article. As in a one-dimensional axially loaded bar problem, the parameters to be considered will be those that affect the solution: number of nodes in which the domain is modelled, the nodes scatter, the order of the polynomial base to generate shape functions, the order of the quadrature to solve integrals, and the support radius. Besides, as in a one-dimensional axially loaded problem, some cases with different loading and stiffness conditions are considered. However, in this analysis a generalized moving least squares method is used to create shape functions instead of the moving least squares.
An Element Free Galerkin Method Based on the Modified Moving Least Squares Approximation
