BEM for transient 2D elastodynamics using multiquadric functions

A new boundary element model for transient dynamic analysis of 2D structures is presented. The dual reciprocity method (DRM) is reformulated for the 2D elastodynamics by using the multiquadric radial basis functions (MQ). The required kernels for displacement and traction particular solutions are derived. Some terms of these kernels are found to be singular; therefore, a new smoothing technique is proposed to solve this problem. Hence, the limiting values of relevant kernels are computed. The validity and strength of the proposed formulation are demonstrated throughout several numerical applications. It is proven from the results that the present formulation is more stable than the traditional DRM, which uses the conical (1 + R) function, especially in predicting results in the far time zone.     

Integration of Singularities in FE/BE Analyses of Soil-foundation Interaction with Non-homogeneous Elastic Soils

This paper addresses the derivation of the boundary integral equations for a non-homogeneous elastic half-space subjected to constant surface tractions on an arbitrarily shaped area on the basis of the respective Green's functions. The type of non-homogeneity considered is a power law variation of Young's modulus with depth below the surface of the half-space. Two different methods, a contour integral and an integration-free approach are presented, applicable for arbitrarily and rectangular shaped boundary elements, respectively. In the first one the divergence theorem is used in order to reduce the integration of a two-dimensional surface element to an integration over the element's confining boundary only. In the second approach no integration at all is needed since the solution is found simply by evaluating functions to be determined at the boundaries of the loaded rectangle.     

PRECISE INTEGRAL ALGORITHM BASED SOLUTION FOR TRANSIENT INVERSE HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEMS WITH MULTI-VARIABLES

IntroductionIHCPs (InverseHeatConductionProblems)arecloselyassociatedwithmanyengineeringaspects,andwelldocumentedintheliteratures,coveringtheidentificationsofthermalparameters[1,2 ],boundaryshapes[3],boundaryconditions[4 ]andsource_relatedterms[5 ,6 ]etc .Howeveritseemsthatonlylittleworkisdirectlyconcernedwithmulti_variablesidentificationsbyauthors’knowledge.Tsengetal.presentedanapproachtodeterminingtwokindsofvariables[7],butonlygavefewnumericalexamplestodeterminethemsimultaneously .Thesol…     

模拟相变问题的精细积分边界元法

将精细积分边界元法和界面追踪法相结合求解相变问题。因为边界元法只需要将待求解空间域的边界离散,方便连续追踪移动界面位置和重构网格,所以边界元法适合应用于移动边界问题的模拟。首先,利用精细积分边界元法在固相区域和液相区域分别求解相应的瞬态热传导控制方程,从而求得温度场和边界热流密度。然后,根据固-液相变界面上的能量平衡方程,利用热流密度求得相变界面的移动速度,再采用界面追踪法预测移动相变界面的位置变化。最后,给出了几个数值算例,并通过与参考解的对比验证本文方法的准确性。     

A new meshless method for steady-state heat conduction problems in anisotropic and inhomogeneous media

Summary A new meshless method is developed to analyze steady-state heat conduction problems with arbitrarily spatially varying thermal conductivity in isotropic and anisotropic materials. The analog equation is used to construct equivalent equations to the original differential equation so that a simpler fundamental solution of the Laplacian operator can be employed to take the place of the fundamental solutions related to the original governing equation. Next, the particular solution is approximated by using radial basis functions, and the corresponding homogeneous solution is solved by means of the virtual boundary collocation method. As a result, a new method fully independent of mesh is developed. Finally, several numerical examples are implemented to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method. The numerical results show good agreement with the actual results.This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10472082) and Australian Research Council.     

A Symmetric Galerkin BEM for Harmonic Problems and Multiconnected Bodies

A steady state harmonic solution of Navier equations of motion is presented using the symmetric Galerkin Boundary Element Method, which leads to a symmetric system of equations. For the integration, a two-step regularisation process is proposed to deal with the singularities of the involved kernels. It is also shown that the standard application of the symmetric Galerkin methodology for multiply connected bodies leads to the deterioration of the conditioning of the system for low frequencies. Two examples are presented comparing the solutions obtained with the proposed formulation with those obtained with the standard collocation method. A third example is presented to illustrate the behaviour of a simple multi-connected body.     

A Hybrid Boundary/Finite Element Method for Simulating Viscous Flows and Shapes of Droplets in Electric Fields

A mixed boundary element and finite element numerical algorithm for the simultaneous prediction of the electric fields, viscous flow fields, thermal fields and surface deformation of electrically conducting droplets in an electrostatic field is described in this paper. The boundary element method is used for the computation of the electric potential distribution. This allows the boundary conditions at infinity to be directly incorporated into the boundary integral formulation, thereby obviating the need for discretization at infinity. The surface deformation is determined by solving the normal stress balance equation using the weighted residuals method. The fluid flow and thermal fields are calculated using the mixed finite element method. The computational algorithm for the simultaneous prediction of surface deformation and fluid flow involves two iterative loops, one for the electric field and surface deformation and the other for the surface tension driven viscous flows. The two loops are coupled through the droplet surface shapes for viscous fluid flow calculations and viscous stresses for updating the droplet shapes. Computing the surface deformation in a separate loop permits the freedom of applying different types of elements without complicating procedures for the internal flow and thermal calculations. Tests indicate that the quadratic, cubic spline and spectral boundary elements all give approximately the same accuracy for free surface calculations; however, the quadratic elements are preferred as they are easier to implement and also require less computing time. Linear elements, however, are less accurate. Numerical simulations are carried out for the simultaneous solution of free surface shapes and internal fluid flow and temperature distributions in droplets in electric fields under both microgravity and earthbound conditions. Results show that laser heating may induce a non-uniform temperature distribution in the droplets. This non-uniform thermal field results in a variation of surface tension along the surface of the droplet, which in turn produces a recirculating fluid flow in the droplet. The viscous stresses cause additional surface deformation by squeezing the surface areas above and below the equator plane.     

Precise integration method for solving singular perturbation problems

This paper presents a precise method for solving singularly perturbed boundary-value problems with the boundary layer at one end. The method divides the interval evenly and gives a set of algebraic equations in a matrix form by the precise integration relationship of each segment. Substituting the boundary conditions into the algebraic equations, the coefficient matrix can be transformed to the block tridiagonal matrix. Considering the nature of the problem, an efficient reduction method is given for solving singular perturbation problems. Since the precise integration relationship introduces no discrete error in the discrete process, the present method has high precision. Numerical examples show the validity of the present method.     

Preconditioned Iterative Methods for Linear Equations Arising from the Boundary Element Method

A precondition for the Gauss–Seidel iterative method to solve a linear system of equations arising from the boundary element method for the Laplace and convective diffusion with first-order reaction problems is presented in this paper. The present precondition is based on the elementary matrix operation. We discuss the effect of the precondition in comparison with the Gauss elimination (GE) method in some numerical experiments.     

Non-element method of solving 2D boundary problems defined on polygonal domains modeled by Navier equation

The paper presents a non-element method of solving boundary problems defined on polygonal domains modeled by corner points. To solve these problems a parametric integral equation system (PIES) is used. The system is characterized by a separation of the approximation of boundary geometry from the approximation of boundary functions. This feature makes it possible to effectively investigate the convergence of the obtained solutions with no need of performing the approximation of boundary geometry. The testing examples included confirm high accuracy of the solutions.     

敷设多孔吸声材料声腔特征值分析的径向积分边界元法

由于Helmholtz方程的基本解是频率的函数,因此传统边界元法在处理声场特征值问题时具有天生的缺陷。本文采用Laplace方程基本解生成积分方程,通过径向积分法将在此过程中产生的域积分项转化为边界积分。此方法克服了传统边界元法系数矩阵对频率的依赖,同时克服了特解积分法对特解的依赖,并通过对表面声导纳的多项式逼近,将敷设多孔吸声材料声腔特征值问题转化为矩阵多项式,从而避免了复杂的非线性求解。通过数值算例验证了算法的有效性。     

An improved exponential transformation for nearly singular boundary element integrals in elasticity problems

This paper presents an improved exponential transformation for nearly singular boundary element integrals in elasticity problems. The new transformation is less sensitive to the position of the projection point compared with the original transformation. In our work, the conventional distance function is modified into a new form in the polar coordinate system. Based on the refined distance function, an improved exponential transformation is proposed in the polar coordinate system. Moreover, to perform integrations on irregular elements, an adaptive integration scheme considering both the element shape and the projection point associated with the improved transformation is proposed. Furthermore, when the projection point is located outside the integration element, another nearest point is introduced to subdivide the integration elements into triangular or quadrilateral patches of fine shapes. Numerical examples are presented to verify the proposed method. Results demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of our method.     

薄体位势问题边界元法中的解析积分算法

薄体结构的数值分析是边界元法的难点问题之一。该文导出了一种完全解析积分算法，用这种算法计算了薄体平面位势问题边界元法中出现的几乎弱奇异、强奇异和超奇异积分。当边界离散为一系列线性单元，边界积分方程离散计算的积分可归纳为三种形式。对薄体问题，源点与积分单元距离通常相距很近，这些积分产生显著几乎奇异性，直接采用常规高斯积分不能有效计算。为此该文导出了这些几乎奇异积分的全解析计算公式。按源点与单元的距离是否为零，公式分两种情况。新算法采用全解析积分公式处理几乎奇异积分，首先精确计算出薄体问题边界未知位势和法向位势梯度，然后再进一步计算了域内点的物理参量。算例表明该文算法可处理狭长比为1．E-08的薄体问题，显示了边界元法分析薄体问题具有独特的优势。     

ELEMENT－BY－ELEMENT MATRIX DECOMPOSITION ANDSTEP－BY－STEP INTEGRATION METHOD FOR TRANSIENTDYNAMIC PROBLEMS

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Recent advances on the fast multipole accelerated boundary element method for 3D time-harmonic elastodynamics

This article is mainly devoted to a review on fast BEMs for elastodynamics, with particular attention on time-harmonic fast multipole methods (FMMs). It also includes original results that complete a very recent study on the FMM for elastodynamic problems in semi-infinite media. The main concepts underlying fast elastodynamic BEMs and the kernel-dependent elastodynamic FM-BEM based on the diagonal-form kernel decomposition are reviewed. An elastodynamic FM-BEM based on the half-space Green’s tensor suitable for semi-infinite media, and in particular on the fast evaluation of the corresponding governing double-layer integral operator involved in the BIE formulation of wave scattering by underground cavities, is then presented. Results on numerical tests for the multipole evaluation of the half-space traction Green’s tensor and the FMM treatment of a sample 3D problem involving wave scattering by an underground cavity demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed approach. The article concludes with a discussion of several topics open to further investigation, with relevant published work surveyed in the process.     

Adaptive mixed least squares Galerkin/Petrov finite element method for stationary conduction convection problems

An adaptive mixed least squares Galerkin/Petrov finite element method (FEM) is developed for stationary conduction convection problems. The mixed least squares Galerkin/Petrov FEM is consistent and stable for any combination of discrete velocity and pressure spaces without requiring the Babuska-Brezzi stability condition. Using the general theory of Verfürth, the posteriori error estimates of the residual type are derived. Finally, numerical tests are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the method.     

Time-harmonic BEM for 2-D piezoelectricity applied to eigenvalue problems

We will derive the fundamental generalized displacement solution, using the Radon transform, and present the direct formulation of the time-harmonic boundary element method (BEM) for the two-dimensional general piezoelectric solids. The fundamental solution consists of the static singular and the dynamics regular parts; the former, evaluated analytically, is the fundamental solution for the static problem and the latter is given by a line integral along the unit circle. The static BEM is a component of the time-harmonic BEM, which is formulated following the physical interpretation of Somigliana’s identity in terms of the fundamental generalized line force and dislocation solutions obtained through the Stroh–Lekhnitskii (SL) formalism. The time-harmonic BEM is obtained by adding the boundary integrals for the dynamic regular part which, from the original double integral representation over the boundary element and the unit circle, are reduced to simple line integrals along the unit circle.The BEM will be applied to the determination of the eigen frequencies of piezoelectric resonators. The eigenvalue problem deals with full non-symmetric complex-valued matrices whose components depend non-linearly on the frequency. A comparative study will be made of non-linear eigenvalue solvers: QZ algorithm and the implicitly restarted Arnoldi method (IRAM). The FEM results whose accuracy is well established serve as the basis of the comparison. It is found that the IRAM is faster and has more control over the solution procedure than the QZ algorithm. The use of the time-harmonic fundamental solution provides a clean boundary only formulation of the BEM and, when applied to the eigenvalue problems with IRAM, provides eigen frequencies accurate enough to be used for industrial applications. It supersedes the dual reciprocity BEM and challenges to replace the FEM designed for the eigenvalue problems for piezoelectricity.     

Discrete element method for high-temperature spread in compacted powder systems

The discrete element method is applied to investigate high-temperature spread in compacted metallic particle systems formed by high-velocity compaction. Assuming that heat transfer only occurs at contact zone between particles, a discrete equation based on continuum mechanics is proposed to investigate the heat flux. Heat generated internally by friction between moving particles is determined by kinetic equations. For the proposed model, numerical results are obtained by a particle-flow-code-based program. Temperature profiles are determined at different locations and times. At a fixed location, the increase in temperature shows a logarithmic relationship with time. Investigation of three different systems indicates that the geometric distribution of the particulate material is one of the main influencing factors for the heat conduction process. Higher temperature is generated for denser packing, and vice versa. For smaller uniform particles, heat transfers more rapidly.     

REGULARIZATION OF NEARLY SINGULAR INTEGRALS IN THE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS

IntroductionAsanimportantnumericalmethod ,BoundaryElementMethod (BEM)hasbeenappliedinmanyareas[1].However,theBEMhasthedifficultiesofcalculatingsingularintegralsatnodesonboundaryoratinteriorpointsveryclosetotheboundary .TheaccuracyoftheBEMdependsontheprecisionofthecalculatedvaluesofthesingularintegrals,toagreatdegree.Manyresearchersdevotethemselvestothetreatmentofthesingularintegrals[2～3],whicharereviewedindetailbyRef.[4] .Ageneralregularizationalgorithmofevaluatingthephysicalquantitiesa…     

Neural networks for BEM analysis of steady viscous flows

This paper presents a new neural network‐boundary integral approach for analysis of steady viscous fluid flows. Indirect radial basis function networks (IRBFNs) which perform better than element‐based methods for function interpolation, are introduced into the BEM scheme to represent the variations of velocity and traction along the boundary from the nodal values. In order to assess the effect of IRBFNs, the other features used in the present work remain the same as those used in the standard BEM. For example, Picard‐type scheme is utilized in the iterative procedure to deal with the non‐linear convective terms while the calculation of volume integrals and velocity gradients are based on the linear finite element‐based method. The proposed IRBFN‐BEM is verified on the driven cavity viscous flow problem and can achieve a moderate Reynolds number of 1400 using a relatively coarse uniform mesh. The results obtained such as the velocity profiles along the horizontal and vertical centrelines as well as the properties of the primary vortex are in very good agreement with the benchmark solution. Furthermore, the secondary vortices are also captured by the present method. Thus, it appears that an ability to represent the boundary solution accurately can significantly improve the overall solution accuracy of the BEM. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.