I would like to know , If part of our model has geometrical complexity , is it reasonable to use meshfree method for that area ? does it fasten or ease the analysis ? how to couple it with FEM ?
This technique of blending MLS (meshfree) shape functions into FEM shape functions has been implemented to enforce essential boundary conditions in the following paper
Here are references describing one way to do it.
Below is the main reference that describes how you may do what you want.
Fernandez-Mendez, S. and A. Huerta (2004). Imposing essential boundary conditions in
mesh-free methods. Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Engrg. 193, 1257โ1275.
This technique of blending MLS (meshfree) shape functions into FEM shape functions has been implemented to enforce essential boundary conditions in the following paper
http://people.wallawalla.edu/~louie.yaw/Documents/meshfree_Ibeam.pdf
You can read the relevant sections and get the basic idea.
Louie