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Int. J. Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, Nos. 3/4, 2006 Copyright ? 2006 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 213 A meshfree particle method with stress points and its applications at the nanoscale Shaoping Xiao* and Weixuan Yang Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Centre for Computer-Aided Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA E-mail: shaoping-xiao@uiowa.edu E-mail: weixuan-yang@uiowa.edu *Corresponding author Abstract: In this paper, a meshfree particle method with the stress point integration scheme is studied. It has been shown that this meshfree particle method with Lagrangian kernel can provide a stable method. A finite element mapping technique is introduced to insert stress points and to calculate volumes associated with particles/stress points so that the triangulation and the Voronoi diagram can be avoided. This meshfree particle method can be used for nanoscale simulations via the implementation of the Cauchy-Born rule. It can also be coupled with molecular dynamics based on the bridging domain coupling technique. Keywords: meshfree particle method; Lagrangian kernel; stress points; stability; nanoscale. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Xiao, S. and Yang, W. (2006) ‘A meshfree particle method with stress points and its applications at the nanoscale’, Int. J. Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 2, Nos. 3/4, pp.213–220. Biographical notes: Shaoping Xiao received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University in 2002. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. He is also a Research Engineer affiliated with the Centre for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD) at the University of Iowa. His current research interests include computational nanotechnology, nanotube technology and computational solid mechanics. Weixuan Yang is a Graduate Student in the Department of