G.R. Liu is the director of the Centre for Advanced Computations in Engineering Science (ACES) and professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore.

Praise for the First Edition:"This book addresses some of the current important issues, both positive and negative, related to mesh free methods, which should prove beneficial to researchers, engineers, and students who are interested in venturing into this area of research. … This is the first book published that comprehensively covers mesh free methods."—Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1031 (2004/06)

• Preliminaries. Meshfree Shape Function Construction. Function Spaces for Meshfree Methods. Strain Field Construction. Weak and Weakened Weak Formulations. Element Free Galerkin Method. Meshless Local Petrov–Galerkin Method. Point Interpolation Methods. Meshfree Methods for Fluid Dynamics Problem. Meshfree Methods for Beams. Meshfree Methods for Plates. Meshfree Methods for Shells. Boundary Meshfree Methods. Meshfree Methods Coupled with Other Methods. Meshfree Methods for Adaptive Analysis. MFree2D©. Index.

G.R. Liu is the director of the Centre for Advanced Computations in Engineering Science (ACES) and professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore.

Praise for the First Edition:"This book addresses some of the current important issues, both positive and negative, related to mesh free methods, which should prove beneficial to researchers, engineers, and students who are interested in venturing into this area of research. … This is the first book published that comprehensively covers mesh free methods."—Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1031 (2004/06)

• Preliminaries. Meshfree Shape Function Construction. Function Spaces for Meshfree Methods. Strain Field Construction. Weak and Weakened Weak Formulations. Element Free Galerkin Method. Meshless Local Petrov–Galerkin Method. Point Interpolation Methods. Meshfree Methods for Fluid Dynamics Problem. Meshfree Methods for Beams. Meshfree Methods for Plates. Meshfree Methods for Shells. Boundary Meshfree Methods. Meshfree Methods Coupled with Other Methods. Meshfree Methods for Adaptive Analysis. MFree2D©. Index.