scholarly journals CALCULATION OF THE IMPROPER INTEGRALS FOR FOURIER BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD

Author(s):  
Edyta Łukasik ◽  
Beata Pańczyk ◽  
Jan Sikora

The traditional Boundary Element Method (BEM)  is a collection of numerical techniques for solving some partial differential equations. The classical BEM produces a fully populated coefficients matrix. With Galerkin Boundary Element Method (GBEM) is possible to produce a symmetric coefficients matrix. The Fourier BEM is a more general numerical approach. To calculate the final matrix coefficients it is necessary to find the improper integrals.  The article presents the method for calculation of such integrals.

2005 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangqiao Yan

This paper presents a numerical approach to modeling a general system containing multiple interacting cracks and voids in an infinite elastic plate under remote uniform stresses. By extending Bueckner’s principle suited for a crack to a general system containing multiple interacting cracks and voids, the original problem is divided into a homogeneous problem (the one without cracks and voids) subjected to remote loads and a multiple void-crack problem in an unloaded body with applied tractions on the surfaces of cracks and voids. Thus the results in terms of the stress intensity factors (SIFs) can be obtained by considering the latter problem, which is analyzed easily by means of the displacement discontinuity method with crack-tip elements (a boundary element method) proposed recently by the author. Test examples are included to illustrate that the numerical approach is very simple and effective for analyzing multiple crack/void problems in an infinite elastic plate. Specifically, the numerical approach is used to study the microdefect-finite main crack linear elastic interaction. In addition, complex crack problems in infinite/finite plate are examined to test further the accuracy and robustness of the boundary element method.


2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 749-761
Author(s):  
Y. -Y. Ko

ABSTRACTWhen the Symmetric Galerkin boundary element method (SGBEM) based on full-space elastostatic fundamental solutions is used to solve Neumann problems, the displacement solution cannot be uniquely determined because of the inevitable rigid-body-motion terms involved. Several methods that have been used to remove the non-uniqueness, including additional point support, eigen decomposition, regularization of a singular system and modified boundary integral equations, were introduced to amend SGBEM, and were verified to eliminate the rigid body motions in the solutions of full-space exterior Neumann problems. Because half-space problems are common in geotechnical engineering practice and they are usually Neumann problems, typical half-space problems were also analyzed using the amended SGBEM with a truncated free surface mesh. However, various levels of errors showed for all the methods of removing non-uniqueness investigated. Among them, the modified boundary integral equations based on the Fredholm’s theory is relatively preferable for its accurate results inside and near the loaded area, especially where the deformation varies significantly.


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