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A new boundary-type meshfree collection method, namely the virtual boundary element-free Galerkin method (VBEFGM), is demonstrated for three-dimension (3-D) multi-domain steady-state heat conduction problems. The virtual source functions of the virtual nodes are constructed by the radial basis function interpolation. And the virtual and real boundaries are discreted into the virtual and real nodes. 3-D multi-domain steady-state heat conduction problems are solved without the background integral element by VBEFGM. Using the Galerkin method to obtain the formula of VBEFGM, the proposed method has the advantages of the virtual boundary element-free method, the meshfree collection method and the Galerkin method. It is easily programed and extended to solve other more complicated 3-D heat conduction problems, since the detailed calculation scheme is deduced and shown. Two numerical examples of the boundary conditions varying with the space are computed. The computational results are compared with other numerical methods. The accuracy and stability of the proposed method are validated for 3-D multi-domain steady-state heat conduction problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The virtual boundary meshfree Galerkin method (VBMGM) is given to calculate the multi-domain transient heat conduction with heat source problem. The radial basis function interpolation is used to obtain the virtual source function on the virtual boundary, the heat source, the particular solutions of the temperature, and the heat flux in the computational domain. The formula of the proposed method is gotten by the Galerkin method and the control equations of the multi-domain transient heat conduction with heat source. Therefore, there are the advantages of the Galerkin method, the boundary element method, and the meshfree method for the multi-domain transient heat conduction with heat source problem by VBMGM. The numerical meaning of the weighted values are definite for the multi-domain transient heat conduction with heat source problem through VBMGM, such as the partial derivatives of the temperature, the heat flux, the heat source, and the continuity conditions on the public boundary at time. The detailed calculation scheme of VBMGM is deducted for the multi-domain transient heat conduction with heat source problem. Two numerical examples, four subdomains with the time-dependent heat source problem and two subdomains with the constant heat source and mixed boundary condition problem, are computed. The accuracy and the stability of VBMGM for the multi-domain transient heat conduction with heat source problem are verified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new high-precision boundary meshfree method, namely virtual boundary meshfree Galerkin method (VBMGM), for calculating the multi-domain constant coefficient heat conduction with a heat source problem is given. In the paper, the radial basis function interpolation is used to solve the virtual source function of virtual boundary and the heat source within each subdomain. Simultaneously, the equation of VBMGM for multi-domain constant coefficient heat conduction with a heat source problem is obtained by the Galerkin method. Therefore, the proposed method has common advantages of the boundary element method, meshfree method, and Galerkin method. Coefficient matrix of this specific expression is symmetrical and the specific expression of VBMGM for the multi-domain constant coefficient heat conduction with a heat source problem is given. Two numerical examples are given. The numerical results are also compared with other numerical methods. The accuracy and feasibility of the method for the multi-domain constant coefficient heat conduction with a heat source problem are proved. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]