Research Article

Thermal Analysis of 2D FGM Beam Subjected to Thermal Loading Using Meshless Weighted Least-Square Method

Table 3

Comparison of MWLS method and COMSOL Multiphysics.

methodTemperature/KX displacement /mmY displacement/mm
maximumminimummaximumminimummaximumminimum

MWLS (31×15)361.8300.596-.8732.95-2.8
MWLS (61×30)361.3300.71-.723.88-3.84
COMSOL (948 triangle mesh)361.1300.639-.6393.81-3.81