DUAL RECIPROCITY HYBRID BOUNDARY NODE METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELASTICITY WITH BODY FORCE

Combining Dual Reciprocity Method （DRM） with Hybrid Boundary Node Method （HBNM）, the Dual Reciprocity Hybrid Boundary Node Method （DRHBNM） is developed for three-dimensional linear elasticity problems with body force. This method can be used to solve the elasticity problems with body force without domain integral, which is inevitable by HBNM. To demonstrate the versatility and the fast convergence of this method, some numerical examples of 3-D elasticity problems with body forces are examined. The computational results show that the present method is effective and can be widely applied in solving practical engineering problems.

Application of dual reciprocity boundary element method to predict acoustic attenuation characteristics of marine engine exhaust silencers

In marine engine exhaust silencing systems, the presence of exhaust gas flow influences the sound propagation inside the systems and the acoustic attenuation performance of silencers. In order to investigate the effects of three-dimensional gas flow and acoustic damping on the acoustic attenuation characteristics of marine engine exhaust silencers, a dual reciprocity boundary element method (DRBEM) was developed. The acoustic governing equation in three-dimensional potential flow was derived first, and then the DRBEM numerical procedure is given. Compared to the conventional boundary element method (CBEM), the DRBEM considers the second order terms of flow Mach number in the acoustic governing equation, so it is suitable for the cases with higher Mach number subsonic flow. For complex exhaust silencers, it is difficult to apply the single-domain boundary element method, so a substructure approach based on the dual reciprocity boundary element method is presented. The experiments for measuring transmission loss of silencers are conducted, and the experimental setup and measurements are explained. The transmission loss of a single expansion chamber silencer with extended inlet and outlet were predicted by DRBEM and compared with the measurements. The good agreements between predictions and measurements are observed, which demonstrated that the derived acoustic governing equation and the DRBEM numerical procedure in the present study are correct.

APPLICATION OF THE DUAL RECIPROCITY BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD TO SOLUTION OF NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

In this paper the dual reciprocity boundary element method is employed to solve nonlinear differential equation del(2) u + u + epsilon u(3) = b. Results obtained in an example have a good agreement with those by FEM and show the applicability and simplicity of dual reciprocity method (DRM) in solving nonlinear differential equations.

A Novel Localized Meshless Method for Solving Transient Heat Conduction Problems in Complicated Domains

This paper first attempts to solve the transient heat conduction problem by combining the recently proposed local knot method(LKM)with the dual reciprocity method(DRM).Firstly,the temporal derivative is discretized by a finite difference scheme,and thus the governing equation of transient heat transfer is transformed into a non-homogeneous modified Helmholtz equation.Secondly,the solution of the non-homogeneous modified Helmholtz equation is decomposed into a particular solution and a homogeneous solution.And then,the DRM and LKM are used to solve the particular solution of the non-homogeneous equation and the homogeneous solution of the modified Helmholtz equation,respectively.The LKM is a recently proposed local radial basis function collocationmethod with themerits of being simple,accurate,and free ofmesh and integration.Compared with the traditional domain-type and boundary-type schemes,the present coupling algorithm could be treated as a really good alternative for the analysis of transient heat conduction on high-dimensional and complicated domains.Numerical experiments,including two-and three-dimensional heat transfer models,demonstrated the effectiveness and accuracy of the new methodology.

Singular Hybrid Boundary Node Method for Solving Poisson Equation

As a boundary-type meshless method, the singular hybrid boundary node method（SHBNM） is based on the modified variational principle and the moving least square（MLS） approximation, so it has the advantages of both boundary element method（BEM） and meshless method. In this paper, the dual reciprocity method（DRM） is combined with SHBNM to solve Poisson equation in which the solution is divided into particular solution and general solution. The general solution is achieved by means of SHBNM, and the particular solution is approximated by using the radial basis function（RBF）. Only randomly distributed nodes on the bounding surface of the domain are required and it doesn＇t need extra equations to compute internal parameters in the domain. The postprocess is very simple. Numerical examples for the solution of Poisson equation show that high convergence rates and high accuracy with a small node number are achievable.

MESHLESS METHOD OF DUAL RECIPROCITY HYBRID RADIAL BOUNDARY NODE METHOD FOR ELASTICITY

Combining the radial point interpolation method （RPIM）, the dual reciprocity method （DRM） and the hybrid boundary node method （HBNM）, a dual reciprocity hybrid radial boundary node method （DHRBNM） is proposed for linear elasticity. Compared to DHBNM, RPIM is exploited to replace the moving least square （MLS） in DHRBNM, and it gets rid of the deficiency of MLS approximation, in which shape functions lack the delta function property, the boundary condition can not be applied easily and directly and it＇s computational expense is high. Besides, different approximate functions are discussed in DRM to get the interpolation property, in which the accuracy and efficiency for different basis functions are compared. Then RPIM is also applied in DRM to replace the conical function interpolation, which can greatly improve the accuracy of the present method. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the present method, DHBNM is applied for comparison, and some numerical examples of 2-D elasticity problems show that the present method is much more effective than DHBNM.

NUMERICAL MODELING OF TRANSIENT MAGNETO-THERMO-VISCOELASTIC WAVES IN A ROTATING NONHOMOGENEOUS ANISOTROPIC SOLID UNDER INITIAL STRESS

A numerical model based on the dual-reciprocity boundary element method(DRBEM)for studying the transient magneto-thermo-viscoelastic waves in a rotating nonhomogeneous anisotropic solid is presented.The formulation is tested through its application to the problem of an initially stressed solid placed in a constant primary magnetic field acting in the direction of the z-axis and rotating about this axis with a constant angular velocity.In the case of plane deformation,a numerical scheme for the implementation of the method is presented and the numerical computations are carried out for the temperature,displacement components and thermal stress components.The validity of DRBEM is examined by considering a magneto-thermo-viscoelastic solid occupies a rectangular region and good agreement is obtained with existent results.The results obtained are presented graphically to show the influence of initial stress on the displacement components and thermal stress components.