... popular numerical methods can be listed as finite element methods (FEM), finite difference methods (FDM), finite volume methods (FVM), boundary element methods (BEM) and meshfree methods Basically, ... the Finite Element Method (FEM) Chapter Brief on the Finite Element Method (FEM) In this chapter, some of the essential mathematical and numerical aspects of the standard finite element method ... 31 2.7 Some other properties of the FEM solution 34 Chapter Fundamental theories of smoothed finite element methods (S-FEM) 36 3.1 General formulation of the S-FEM models 36...