A Kind of Boundary Element Methods for Boundary Value Problem of Helmholtz Equation

1.Problems for electromagnetic scattering are of significant importance in many areas oftechnology.In this paper we discuss the scattering problem of electromagnetic wave incidentby using boundary element method associated with splines.The problem is modelled by aboundary value problem for the Helmholtz equation

Diagonal form fast multipole boundary element method for 2D acoustic problems based on Burton-Miller boundary integral equation formulation and its applications

This paper describes formulation and implementation of the fast multipole boundary element method （FMBEM） for 2D acoustic problems. The kernel function expansion theory is summarized, and four building blocks of the FMBEM are described in details. They are moment calculation, moment to moment translation, moment to local translation, and local to local translation. A data structure for the quad-tree construction is proposed which can facilitate implementation. An analytical moment expression is derived, which is more accurate, stable, and efficient than direct numerical computation. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the FMBEM, and radiation of a 2D vibration rail mode is simulated using the FMBEM.

Weakly Singular Symmetric Galerkin Boundary Element Method for Fracture Analysis of Three-Dimensional Structures Considering Rotational Inertia and Gravitational Forces

The Symmetric Galerkin Boundary Element Method is advantageous for the linear elastic fracture and crackgrowth analysis of solid structures,because only boundary and crack-surface elements are needed.However,for engineering structures subjected to body forces such as rotational inertia and gravitational loads,additional domain integral terms in the Galerkin boundary integral equation will necessitate meshing of the interior of the domain.In this study,weakly-singular SGBEM for fracture analysis of three-dimensional structures considering rotational inertia and gravitational forces are developed.By using divergence theorem or alternatively the radial integration method,the domain integral terms caused by body forces are transformed into boundary integrals.And due to the weak singularity of the formulated boundary integral equations,a simple Gauss-Legendre quadrature with a few integral points is sufficient for numerically evaluating the SGBEM equations.Some numerical examples are presented to verify this approach and results are compared with benchmark solutions.

SOLUTION TO THE FORM OF POlSSON EQUATiONBY THE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHODS

In this paper, the domain integral of the form of Poisson equation is translatedinto complete boundary integral by the fundamental solution of higher-order Laplaceoperator, the dimensions of the problem can be contracted into one. The numericalexamples for Stokes equations show that this method is efficient.

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 simplified two-dimensional boundary element method with arbitrary uniform mean flow

To reduce computational costs, an improved form of the frequency domain boundary element method（BEM） is proposed for two-dimensional radiation and propagation acoustic problems in a subsonic uniform flow with arbitrary orientation. The boundary integral equation（BIE） representation solves the two-dimensional convected Helmholtz equation（CHE） and its fundamental solution, which must satisfy a new Sommerfeld radiation condition（SRC） in the physical space. In order to facilitate conventional formulations, the variables of the advanced form are expressed only in terms of the acoustic pressure as well as its normal and tangential derivatives, and their multiplication operators are based on the convected Green＇s kernel and its modified derivative. The proposed approach significantly reduces the CPU times of classical computational codes for modeling acoustic domains with arbitrary mean flow. It is validated by a comparison with the analytical solutions for the sound radiation problems of monopole,dipole and quadrupole sources in the presence of a subsonic uniform flow with arbitrary orientation.

Simulating regular wave propagation over a submerged bar by boundary element method model and Boussinesq equation model

Numerical models based on the boundary element method and Boussinesq equation are used to simulate the wave transform over a submerged bar for regular waves.In the boundary-element-method model the linear element is used,and the integrals are computed by analytical formulas.The Boussinesq-equation model is the well-known FUNWAVE from the University of Delaware.We compare the numerical free surface displacements with the laboratory data on both gentle slope and steep slope,and find that both the models simulate the wave transform well.We further compute the agreement indexes between the numerical result and laboratory data,and the results support that the boundary-element-method model has a stable good performance,which is due to the fact that its governing equation has no restriction on nonlinearity and dispersion as compared with Boussinesq equation.

A Conceptual Numerical Model of the Wave Equation Using the Complex Variable Boundary Element Method

In this work, a conceptual numerical solution of the two-dimensional wave partial differential equation (PDE) is developed by coupling the Complex Variable Boundary Element Method (CVBEM) and a generalized Fourier series. The technique described in this work is suitable for modeling initial-boundary value problems governed by the wave equation on a rectangular domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions and an initial condition that is equal on the boundary to the boundary conditions. The new numerical scheme is based on the standard approach of decomposing the global initial-boundary value problem into a steady-state component and a time-dependent component. The steady-state component is governed by the Laplace PDE and is modeled with the CVBEM. The time-dependent component is governed by the wave PDE and is modeled using a generalized Fourier series. The approximate global solution is the sum of the CVBEM and generalized Fourier series approximations. The boundary conditions of the steady-state component are specified as the boundary conditions from the global BVP. The boundary conditions of the time-dependent component are specified to be identically zero. The initial condition of the time-dependent component is calculated as the difference between the global initial condition and the CVBEM approximation of the steady-state solution. Additionally, the generalized Fourier series approximation of the time-dependent component is fitted so as to approximately satisfy the derivative of the initial condition. It is shown that the strong formulation of the wave PDE is satisfied by the superposed approximate solutions of the time-dependent and steady-state components.

Three-Dimensional Boundary Element Method Applied to Nonlinear Wave Transformation

For higher accuracy in simulating the transformation of three dimensional waves, in consideration of the advantages of constant panels and linear elements, a combined boundary elements is applied in this research. The method can be used to remove the transverse vibration due to the accumulation of computational errors. A combined boundary condition of sponge layer and Sommerfeld radiation condition is used to remove the reflected waves from the computing domain. By following the water particle on the water surface, the third order Stokes wave transform is simulated by the numerical wave flume technique. The computed results are in good agreement with theoretical ones.

Fast multipole accelerated boundary element method for the Helmholtz equation in acoustic scattering problems

We apply the fast multipole method (FMM) accelerated boundary element method (BEM) for the three-dimensional (3D) Helmholtz equation, and as a result, large-scale acoustic scattering problems involving 400000 elements are solved efficiently. This is an extension of the fast multipole BEM for two-dimensional (2D) acoustic problems developed by authors recently. Some new improvements are obtained. In this new technique, the improved Burton-Miller formulation is employed to over-come non-uniqueness difficulties in the conventional BEM for exterior acoustic problems. The computational efficiency is further improved by adopting the FMM and the block diagonal preconditioner used in the generalized minimum residual method (GMRES) iterative solver to solve the system matrix equation. Numerical results clearly demonstrate the complete reliability and efficiency of the proposed algorithm. It is potentially useful for solving large-scale engineering acoustic scattering problems.

A wideband fast multipole boundary element method for half-space/plane-symmetric acoustic wave problems

This paper presents a novel wideband fast multipole boundary element approach to 3D half-space/planesymmetric acoustic wave problems.The half-space fundamental solution is employed in the boundary integral equations so that the tree structure required in the fast multipole algorithm is constructed for the boundary elements in the real domain only.Moreover,a set of symmetric relations between the multipole expansion coefficients of the real and image domains are derived,and the half-space fundamental solution is modified for the purpose of applying such relations to avoid calculating,translating and saving the multipole/local expansion coefficients of the image domain.The wideband adaptive multilevel fast multipole algorithm associated with the iterative solver GMRES is employed so that the present method is accurate and efficient for both lowand high-frequency acoustic wave problems.As for exterior acoustic problems,the Burton-Miller method is adopted to tackle the fictitious eigenfrequency problem involved in the conventional boundary integral equation method.Details on the implementation of the present method are described,and numerical examples are given to demonstrate its accuracy and efficiency.

Error Analysis of A New Higher Order Boundary Element Method for A Uniform Flow Passing Cylinders

A higher order boundary element method(HOBEM)is presented for inviscid flow passing cylinders in bounded or unbounded domain.The traditional boundary integral equation is established with respect to the velocity potential and its normal derivative.In present work,a new integral equation is derived for the tangential velocity.The boundary is discretized into higher order elements to ensure the continuity of slope at the element nodes.The velocity potential is also expanded with higher order shape functions,in which the unknown coefficients involve the tangential velocity.The expansion then ensures the continuities of the velocity and the slope of the boundary at element nodes.Through extensive comparison of the results for the analytical solution of cylinders,it is shown that the present HOBEM is much more accurate than the conventional BEM.

INVESTIGATION ON THE APPLICATION OF THE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD TO THE SPILL GROOVED THRUST BEARING

An application of the boundary element method (BEM) is presented to calculate the behaviors of a spiral grooved thrust bearing (SGTB). The basic reason is that the SGTB has very complex boundary conditions that can hinder the effective or sufficient applications of the finite difference method (FDM) and the finite element method (FEM), despite some existing work based on the FDM and the FEM. In other to apply the BEM, the pressure control equation, i. e., Reynolds' equation, is first transformed into Laplace's and Poisson's form of the equations. Discretization of the SGTB with a set of boundary elements is thus explained in detail, which also includes the handling of boundary conditions. The Archimedean SGTB is chosen as an example of the application Of BEM, and the relationship between the behaviors and structure parameters of the bearing are found and discussed through this calculation. The obtained results lay a solid foundation for a further work of the design of the SGTB.

Convergence Properties of Local Defect Correction Algorithm for the Boundary Element Method

Sometimes boundary value problems have isolated regions where the solution changes rapidly.Therefore,when solving numerically,one needs a fine grid to capture the high activity.The fine grid can be implemented as a composite coarse-fine grid or as a global fine grid.One cheaper way of obtaining the composite grid solution is the use of the local defect correction technique.The technique is an algorithm that combines a global coarse grid solution and a local fine grid solution in an iterative way to estimate the solution on the corresponding composite grid.The algorithm is relatively new and its convergence properties have not been studied for the boundary element method.In this paper the objective is to determine convergence properties of the algorithm for the boundary element method.First,we formulate the algorithm as a fixed point iterative scheme,which has also not been done before for the boundary element method,and then study the properties of the iteration matrix.Results show that we can always expect convergence.Therefore,the algorithm opens up a real alternative for application in the boundary element method for problems with localised regions of high activity.

THE NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS OF CUT-OFF FREQUENCIES IN TWO-DIELECTRIC LAYERED WAVEGUIDE BY USING BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD

This paper diseusses the general principle of finding the cut-off frequencies in two-dielectric lay-ered waveguides by using the boundary element method,based on the fundamental solution of a twodimensional Helmholtz equation.In terms of the formulae given in the paper,some numerical resultsare obtained for two commonly used configurations.The fimal results show that the method is of an appre-ciable precision.

NONSINGULAR KERNEL BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD FOR THIN-PLATE BENDING PROBLEMS

In this paper, the nonsingular fundamental solutions were obtained from Fourier series under some given conditions. These solutions can be taken as the kernels of integral equation. So a new boundary element method was presented, with which all kinds of thin-plate bending problems can be solved, even with complicated loadings and sinuous boundaries. The calculation is much simpler and more accurate.

An Unsteady Two-Dimensional Complex Variable Boundary Element Method

The Complex Variable Boundary Element Method (CVBEM) procedure is extended to modeling applications of the two-dimensional linear diffusion partial differential equation (PDE) on a rectangular domain. The methodology in this work is suitable for modeling diffusion problems with Dirichlet boundary conditions and an initial condition that is equal on the boundary to the boundary conditions. The underpinning of the modeling approach is to decompose the global initial-boundary value problem into a steady-state component and a transient component. The steady-state component is governed by the Laplace PDE and is modeled using the Complex Variable Boundary Element Method. The transient component is governed by the linear diffusion PDE and is modeled by a linear combination of basis functions that are the products of a two-dimensional Fourier sine series and an exponential function. The global approximation function is the sum of the approximate solutions from the two components. The boundary conditions of the steady-state problem are specified to match the boundary conditions from the global problem so that the CVBEM approximation function satisfies the global boundary conditions. Consequently, the boundary conditions of the transient problem are specified to be continuously zero. The initial condition of the transient component is specified as the difference between the initial condition of the global initial-boundary value problem and the CVBEM approximation of the steady-state solution. Therefore, when the approximate solutions from the two components are summed, the resulting global approximation function approximately satisfies the global initial condition. In this work, it will be demonstrated that the coupled global approximation function satisfies the governing diffusion PDE. Lastly, a procedure for developing streamlines at arbitrary model time is discussed.

Performance of Compact Radial Basis Functions in the Direct Interpolation Boundary Element Method for Solving Potential Problems

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a new technique that transforms doma in integrals into boundary integrals that is applicable to the boundary element method.Si mulations were conducted in which two-dimensional surfaces were approximated by inter polation using radial basis functions with full and compact supports.Examples involving Poisson’s equation are presented using the boundary element method and the proposed te chnique with compact radial basis functions.The advantages and the disadvantages are e xamined through simulations.The effects of internal poles,the boundary mesh refinemen t and the value for the support of the radial basis functions on performance are assessed.

Fundamental Solution of Dirichlet Boundary Value Problem of Axisymmetric Helmholtz Equation

Fundamental solution of Dirichlet boundary value problem of axisymmetric Helmholtz equation is constructed via modi?ed Bessel function of the second kind, which uni?ed the formulas of fundamental solution of Helmholtz equation, elliptic type Euler-Poisson-Darboux equation and Laplace equation in any dimensional space.

FINITE ELEMENT AND DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD FOR STOCHASTIC HELMHOLTZ EQUATION IN TWO-AND THREE-DIMENSIONS

In this paper, we consider the finite element method and discontinuous Galerkin method for the stochastic Helmholtz equation in R^d （d = 2, 3）. Convergence analysis and error estimates are presented for the numerical solutions. The effects of the noises on the accuracy of the approximations are illustrated. Numerical experiments are carried out to verify our theoretical results.