The collocation method for mixed boundary value problems on domains with curved polygonal boundaries

Summary. We consider an indirect boundary integral equation formulation for the mixed Dirichlet-Neumann boundary value problem for the Laplace equation on a plane domain with a polygonal boundary. The resulting system of integral equations is solved by a collocation method which uses a mesh grading transformation and a cosine approximating space. The mesh grading transformation method yields fast convergence of the collocation solution by smoothing the singularities of the exact solution. A complete stability and solvability analysis of the transformed integral equations is given by use of a Mellin transform technique, in a setting in which each arc of the polygon has associated with it a periodic Sobolev space. Received April 15, 1995 / Revised version received April 10, 1996     

偏微分方程边值反问题的数值方法研究

本文研究了奇异积分方程在反边值问题中的应用问题.利用圆周上的自然积分方程及其反演公式,把Laplace方程的边值反问题转化为一对超奇异积分方程和弱奇异积分方程的组合,通过选取三角插值近似奇异积分的计算并构造相应的配置格式,并使用Tikhonov正则化方法求解所得到的线性方程组.数值实验表明了该方法的有效性.     

用于解析函数复分析的共轭边界元法

由2个共轭的实调和函数构建1个复解析函数,其复分析在应用数学和力学领域具有重要的作用.提出了一个加权残数方程组,证明了该方程组为2个共轭函数的域内控制方程、边界条件和边界上Cauchy Riemann(柯西-黎曼)条件的近似解,等效为复解析函数的逼近方程.在离散空间中,由该加权残数方程分别推导出2个位势问题的直接边界积分方程和1个表示Cauchy-Riemann条件的有限差分方程,随后解决了弱奇异线性方程组的求解难题,并提出用Cauchy积分公式求内点值的方法,从而建立了一种用于复分析的常单元共轭边界元法.最后,用3个算例证明了所提出方法适用于域内或域外的幂函数、指数函数或对数函数形式的解析函数,而且其误差与2维位势问题是同等量级的.     

一类二维对偶积分方程的解及其应用

二维对偶积分方程的理论与方法,在数学上尚未建立,因而完全的分析解不可能得到,从而使一些力学、物理与工程问题无法求解．利用双重展开和边界配置方法,得到了在数学和物理学上有着广泛应用的一类二维对偶积分方程的解答．把二维对偶积分方程化简成无限代数方程组,此方法的精确度取决于计算点的配置（即所谓边界配置）．通过对固体力学中某些复杂的初值-边值问题的应用说明此是方法有效的．     

Semi‐analytical solution of MHD flow through boundary integrals on the pipe wall

A mathematical model is given for the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) pipe flow as an inner Dirichlet problem in a 2D circular cross section of the pipe, coupled with an outer Dirichlet or Neumann magnetic problem. Inner Dirichlet problem is given as the coupled convection‐diffusion equations for the velocity and the induced current of the fluid coupling also to the outer problem, which is defined with the Laplace equation for the induced magnetic field of the exterior region with either Dirichlet or Neumann boundary condition. Unique solution of inner Dirichlet problem is obtained theoretically reducing it into two boundary integral equations defined on the boundary by using the corresponding fundamental solutions. Exterior solution is also given theoretically on the pipe wall with Poisson integral, and it is unique with Dirichlet boundary condition but exists with an additive constant obtained through coupled boundary and solvability conditions in Neumann wall condition. The collocation method is used to discretize these boundary integrals on the pipe wall. Thus, the proposed procedure is an improved theoretical analysis for combining the solution methods for the interior and exterior regions, which are consolidated numerically showing the flow behavior. The solution is simulated for several values of problem parameters, and the well‐known MHD characteristics are observed inside the pipe for increasing values of Hartmann number maintaining the continuity of induced currents on the pipe wall.     

Piecewise polynomial collocation for linear boundary value problems of fractional differential equations

We consider a class of boundary value problems for linear multi-term fractional differential equations which involve Caputo-type fractional derivatives. Using an integral equation reformulation of the boundary value problem, some regularity properties of the exact solution are derived. Based on these properties, the numerical solution of boundary value problems by piecewise polynomial collocation methods is discussed. In particular, we study the attainable order of convergence of proposed algorithms and show how the convergence rate depends on the choice of the grid and collocation points. Theoretical results are verified by two numerical examples.     

Shape-explicit constants for some boundary integral operators

Among the well-known constants in the theory of boundary integral equations are the coercivity constants of the single-layer potential and the hypersingular boundary integral operator, and the contraction constant of the double-layer potential. Whereas there have been rigorous studies how these constants depend on the size and aspect ratio of the underlying domain, only little is known on their dependency on the shape of the boundary. In this article, we consider the homogeneous Laplace equation and derive explicit estimates for the above-mentioned constants in three dimensions. Using an alternative trace norm, we make the dependency explicit in two geometric parameters, the so-called Jones parameter and the constant in Poincaré's inequality. The latter one can be tracked back to the constant in an isoperimetric inequality. There are many domains with quite irregular boundaries, where these parameters stay bounded. Our results provide a new tool in the analysis of numerical methods for boundary integral equations and in particular for boundary element based domain decomposition methods.     

The convergence of a direct BEM for the plane mixed boundary value problem of the Laplacian

Summary In this paper the convergence analysis of a direct boundary elecment method for the mixed boundary value problem for Laplace equation in a smooth plane domain is given. The method under consideration is based on the collocation solution by constant elements of the corresponding system of boundary integral equations. We prove the convergence of this method, provide asymptotic error estimates for the BEM-solution and give some numerical examples.     

双连通区域上的电磁波散射问题数值解

对于双连通区域上的电磁波散射问题,通过位势理论将其转化为边界积分方程组问题,然后采用Nystrom法和配置法对其离散求解,针对不同形状的障碍散射体,给出远场模式的数值解.     

On the spline collocation method for the single layer equation related to time-fractional diffusion

The boundary element spline collocation method is studied for the time-fractional diffusion equation in a bounded two-dimensional domain. We represent the solution as the single layer potential which leads to a Volterra integral equation of the first kind. We discretize the boundary integral equation with the spline collocation method on uniform meshes both in spatial and time variables. In the stability analysis we utilize the Fourier analysis technique developed for anisotropic pseudodifferential equations. We prove that the collocation solution is quasi-optimal under some stability condition for the mesh parameters. We have to assume that the mesh parameter in time satisfies (h_t=c h^\frac2a)(h_t=c h^{\frac{2}{\alpha}}), where (h) is the spatial mesh parameter.     

Spline collocation for strongly elliptic equations on the torus

Summary We prove convergence and error estimates in Sobolev spaces for the collocation method with tensor product splines for strongly elliptic pseudodifferential equations on the torus. Examples of applications include elliptic partial differential equations with periodic boundary conditions but also the classical boundary integral operators of potential theory on torus-shaped domains in three or more dimensions. For odd-degree splines, we prove convergence of nodal collocation for any strongly elliptic operator. For even-degree splines and midpoint collocation, we find an additional condition for the convergence which is satisfied for the classical boundary integral operators. Our analysis is a generalization to higher dimensions of the corresponding analysis of Arnold and Wendland [4].     

Midpoint collocation for Cauchy singular integral equations

Summary A Cauchy singular integral equation on a smooth closed curve may be solved numerically using continuous piecewise linear functions and collocation at the midpoints of the underlying grid. Even if the grid is non-uniform, suboptimal rates of convergence are proved using a discrete maximum principle for a modified form of the collocation equations. The same techniques prove negative norm estimates when midpoint collocation is used to determine piecewise constant approximations to the solution of first kind equations with the logarithmic potential.This work was supported by the Australian Research Council through the program grant Numerical analysis for integrals, integral equations and boundary value problems     

The collocation method for the solution of boundary integral equations

This article is devoted to investigating the approximate solutions to a class of boundary integral equations over a closed, bounded and smooth surface found via the collocation method. This article provides sufficient conditions for the convergence of this method in the space of continuous functions.     

热载荷作用下平面裂纹问题的奇异积分方程与边界无法

从边界积分方程出发,导出了二维裂纹体热传导问题及热弹性问题的积分方程组,继而使用奇异积分方程与边界元相结合的方法,为其建立了相应的数值求解方法。此外,利用奇异积分方程的主部分析法,严格地证明了裂纹尖端温度梯度场的1/√r 奇异性,并且给出了奇性温度梯度场的精确解。最后。对一些典型例子,做了数值计算。     

On spline collocation methods for boundary integral equations in the plane

Nowadays boundary elemen; methods belong to the most popular numerical methods for solving elliptic boundary value problems. They consist in the reduction of the problem to equivalent integral equations (or certain generalizations) on the boundary Γ of the given domain and the approximate solution of these boundary equations. For the numerical treatment the boundary surface is decomposed into a finite number of segments and the unknown functions are approximated by corresponding finite elements and usually determined by collocation and Galerkin procedures. One finds the least difficulties in the theoretical foundation of the convergence of Galerkin methods for certain classes of equations, whereas the convergence of collocation methods, which are mostly used in numerical computations, has yet been proved only for special equations and methods. In the present paper we analyse spline collocation methods on uniform meshes with variable collocation points for one-dimensional pseudodifferential equations on a closed curve with convolutional principal parts, which encompass many classes of boundary integral equations in the plane. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for convergence and prove asymptotic error estimates. In particular we generalize some results on nodal and midpoint collocation obtained in [2], [7] and [8]. The paper is organized as follows. In Section 1 we formulate the problems and the results, Section 2 deals with spline interpolation in periodic Sobolev spaces, and in Section 3 we prove the convergence theorems for the considered collocation methods.     

Explicit expressions for three-dimensional boundary integrals in linear elasticity

On employing isoparametric, piecewise linear shape functions over a flat triangle, exact formulae are derived for all surface potentials involved in the numerical treatment of three-dimensional singular and hyper-singular boundary integral equations in linear elasticity. These formulae are valid for an arbitrary source point in space and are represented as analytical expressions along the edges of the integration triangle. They can be employed to solve integral equations defined on triangulated surfaces via a collocation method or may be utilized as analytical expressions for the inner integrals in a Galerkin technique. A numerical example involving a unit triangle and a source point located at various distances above it, as well as sample problems solved by a collocation boundary element method for the Lamé equation are included to validate the proposed formulae.     

The convergence and stability analysis of the Jacobi collocation method for solving nonlinear fractional differential equations with integral boundary conditions

In this paper, we apply the Jacobi collocation method for solving nonlinear fractional differential equations with integral boundary conditions. Due to existence of integral boundary conditions, after reformulation of this equation in the integral form, the method is proposed for solving the obtained integral equation. Also, the convergence and stability analysis of the proposed method are studied in two main theorems. Furthermore, the optimum degree of convergence in the L₂ norm is obtained for this method. Furthermore, some numerical examples are presented in order to illustrate the performance of the presented method. Finally, an application of the model in control theory is introduced. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Existence of solutions for dual singular integral equations with convolution kernels in case of non-normal type

This paper is devoted to the study of dual singular integral equations with convolution kernels in the case of non-normal type. Via using the Fourier transforms, we transform such equations into Riemann boundary value problems. To solve the equation, we establish the regularity theory of solvability. The general solutions and the solvable conditions of the equation are obtained. Especially, we investigate the asymptotic property of solutions at nodes. This paper will have a significant meaning for the study of improving and developing complex analysis, integral equations and Riemann boundary value problems.     

Full collocation methods for some boundary integral equations

In this paper we propose a fully discretized version of the collocation method applied to integral equations of the first kind with logarithmic kernel. After a stability and convergence analysis is given, we prove the existence of an asymptotic expansion of the error, which justifies the use of Richardson extrapolation. We further show how these expansions can be translated to a new expansion of potentials calculated with the numerical solution of a boundary integral equation such as those treated before. Some numerical experiments, confirming our theoretical results, are given. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Boundary elements solution of stokes flow between curved surfaces with nonlinear slip boundary condition

This work presents a boundary integral equation formulation for Stokes nonlinear slip flows based on the normal and tangential projection of the Green's integral representational formulae for the velocity field. By imposing the surface tangential velocity discontinuity (slip velocity) in terms of the nonlinear slip flow boundary condition, a system of nonlinear boundary integral equations for the unknown normal and tangential components of the surface traction is obtained. The Boundary Element Method is used to solve the resulting system of integral equations using a direct Picard iteration scheme to deal with the resulting nonlinear terms. The formulation is used to study flows between curved rotating geometries: i.e., concentric and eccentric Couette flows and single rotor mixers, under nonlinear slip boundary conditions. The numerical results obtained for the concentric Couette flow is validated again a semianalytical solution of the problem, showing excellent agreements. The other two cases, eccentric Couette and single rotor mixers, are considered to study the effect of different nonlinear slip conditions in these flow configurations. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2013