Abstract
Free Mesh Method, which is a kind of meshless method, is simple, accurate and suitable for parallel computing. In this method, the global stiffness matrix is obtained by adding the temporary element matrices, so this method does not require connectivity among nodes and elements as an input infomation. This paper describes an application of Free Mesh Method to 3-dimensional solid model. In this study, new definition of analysis model by using CAD modeling data is introduced for Free Mesh Method, and treatment of location test in which the element is interior or exterior for boundary in local mesh is described. Besides, this approach is applied to 3-dimension solid model and it is clarified that this treatment is efficient for Free Mesh Method.
