Numerical conformal mapping of multiply connected regions onto the second, third and fourth categories of Koebe?s canonical slit domains

This paper presents a boundary integral method for approximating the conformal mappings from any bounded or unbounded multiply connected region G onto the second, third and fourth categories of Koebe?s canonical slit domains. The method can be also used for calculating the conformal mappings of simply and doubly connected regions. The method is an extension of the author?s method for the first category of Koebe?s canonical slit domains (see [M.M.S. Nasser, Numerical conformal mapping via a boundary integral equation with the generalized Neumann kernel, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 31 (2009) 1695-1715]). Three numerical examples are presented to illustrate the performance of the proposed method.     

Boundary integral equations with the generalized Neumann kernel for Laplace’s equation in multiply connected regions

This paper presents a new boundary integral method for the solution of Laplace’s equation on both bounded and unbounded multiply connected regions, with either the Dirichlet boundary condition or the Neumann boundary condition. The method is based on two uniquely solvable Fredholm integral equations of the second kind with the generalized Neumann kernel. Numerical results are presented to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method.     

Parallel slits map of bounded multiply connected regions

In this paper we present a boundary integral equation method for the numerical conformal mapping of bounded multiply connected region onto a parallel slit region. The method is based on some uniquely solvable boundary integral equations with adjoint classical, adjoint generalized and modified Neumann kernels. These boundary integral equations are constructed from a boundary relationship satisfied by a function analytic on a multiply connected region. Some numerical examples are presented to illustrate the efficiency of the presented method.     

Unsteady thermal stresses near a curvilinear hole in a plate with heat transfer under its warming by a heat flow

We describe an algorithm of determining quasistatic thermal stresses in multiply connected plates with heat transfer, induced by the disturbance of heat flow near holes. Our approach is based on the Laplace transformation and a modified relation of its numerical conversion. The boundary-value problems for the Helmholtz equation, from which the Laplace transform is determined, are solved using the method of boundary integral equations. We solve the integral equations by the method of mechanical quadratures. The results of calculation of nonstationary temperature fields and stresses induced by them in a strip with small holes of different shape are also presented. Translated from Matematychni Metody ta Fizyko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 105–111, January–March, 2008.     

The boundary element method for stochastic potential problems

Stochastic Dirichlet and Neumann boundary value problems and stochastic mixed problems have been formulated. As a result the stochastic singular integral equations have been obtained. A way of solving these equations by means of discretization of a boundary using stochastic boundary elements has been presented, resulting in a set of random algebraic equations. It has been proved that for Dirichlet and Neumann problems probabilistic characteristics (i.e. moments: expected value and correlation function) fulfilled deterministic singular integral equations. A numerical method of evaluation of moments on a boundary and inside a domain has been presented.     

On an exterior boundary-value problem for the time-harmonic maxwell equations with boundary conditions for the normal components of the electric and magnetic field

We treat the time-harmonic Maxwell equations with the boundary condition (ν, E) = (ν, H) = 0 in an exterior multiply connected domain. A uniqueness result by Yee for the case of a simply connected domain is extended to multiply connected domains and existence is obtained by a boundary integral equation approach.     

The Riemann–Hilbert problem and the generalized Neumann kernel on multiply connected regions

This paper presents and studies Fredholm integral equations associated with the linear Riemann–Hilbert problems on multiply connected regions with smooth boundary curves. The kernel of these integral equations is the generalized Neumann kernel. The approach is similar to that for simply connected regions (see [R. Wegmann, A.H.M. Murid, M.M.S. Nasser, The Riemann–Hilbert problem and the generalized Neumann kernel, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 182 (2005) 388–415]). There are, however, several characteristic differences, which are mainly due to the fact, that the complement of a multiply connected region has a quite different topological structure. This implies that there is no longer perfect duality between the interior and exterior problems.     

The first initial boundary value problem for a compound type equation in a three-dimensional multiply connected region

The method of boundary integral equations is used for solving the first initial boundary value problem for a compound type equation in a three-dimensional multiply connected region. The problem is reduced to a uniquely solvable integral equation. The solution of the problem is obtained in the form of dynamic potentials whose density satisfies this integral equation. Thus the existence theorem is proved. Moreover, the uniqueness of the solution is also studied. All the results are valid for both interior and exterior regions provided that the corresponding conditions at infinity are taken into account. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 68, No. 2, pp. 249–265, August, 2000.     

Boundary integral equation method of higher computational accuracy

The boundary integral equation method presented in the paper features the following: (1) no singular kernels, strong or weak, are involved, and computationally no local “element” approximations are needed; (2) the integral equations are well conditioned, including the cases of bounded and multiply connected regions, and no iterative approximations are involved; (3) no post-solution differentiation is involved. These features provide for a higher computational efficiency. The method solves in full a number of engineering problems, and can be used for the stiffness matrix formulation in more complex situations.     

On the numerical solution of a boundary integral equation for the exterior Neumann problem on domains with corners

The authors propose a “modified” Nyström method to approximate the solution of a boundary integral equation connected with the exterior Neumann problem for Laplace's equation on planar domains with corners. They prove the convergence and the stability of the method and show some numerical tests.     

Method of Integral Equations for the Three-Dimensional Problem of Wave Reflection from an Irregular Surface

The problem on the reflection of the field of a plane H-polarized three-dimensional electromagnetic wave from a perfectly conducting interface between media which contains a local perfectly conducting inhomogeneity is considered. To construct a numerical algorithm, the boundary value problem for the system of Maxwell equations in an infinite domain with irregular boundary is reduced to a system of singular integral equations, which is solved by the approximation–collocation method. The elements of the resulting complex matrix are calculated by a specially developed algorithm. The solution of the system of singular integral equations is used to obtain an integral representation for the reflected electromagnetic field and computational formulas for the directional diagram of the reflected electromagnetic field in the far region.     

Some applications of a galerkin-collocation method for boundary integral equations of the first kind

Here we apply the boundary integral method to several plane interior and exterior boundary value problems from conformal mapping, elasticity and fluid dynamics. These are reduced to equivalent boundary integral equations on the boundary curve which are Fredholm integral equations of the first kind having kernels with logarithmic singularities and defining strongly elliptic pseudodifferential operators of order - 1 which provide certain coercivity properties. The boundary integral equations are approximated by Galerkin's method using B-splines on the boundary curve in connection with an appropriate numerical quadrature, which yields a modified collocation scheme. We present a complete asymptotic error analysis for the fully discretized numerical equations which is based on superapproximation results for Galerkin's method, on consistency estimates and stability properties in connection with the illposedness of the first kind equations in L₂. We also present computational results of several numerical experiments revealing accuracy, efficiency and an amazing asymptotical agreement of the numerical with the theoretical errors. The method is used for computations of conformal mappings, exterior Stokes flows and slow viscous flows past elliptic obstacles.     

\mathbb{R} -Linear problem for multiply connected domains and alternating method of Schwarz

We study the $ \mathbb{R} $ -linear conjugation problem for multiply connected domains by the method of integral equations. The method differs from the classical method of potentials. It is related to the generalized alternating method of Schwarz, which is based on the decomposition of the considered domain with complex geometry into simple domains and subsequent solution to boundary value problems for simple domains. Convergence of the method of successive approximations is investigated.     

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.     

A new version of boundary integral equations and their application to dynamic three-dimensional problems of the theory of elasticity

A version of boundary integral equations of the first kind in dynamic problems of the theory of elasticity is proposed, based on an investigation of the analytic properties of the Fourier transformant of the displacement vector, rather than on fundamental solutions. A system of three boundary integral equations of the first kind with Fredholm kernels is constructed, and the equivalence of the initial boundary-value problem on the vibrations of a bounded region and the system of boundary integral equations obtained is investigated. A version of the numerical realization, which combines the ideas of the classical method of boundary elements and the Tikhonov regularization method, is proposed. The results of numerical experiments are given.     

Analysis and numerical solution of a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative two-point boundary value problem

A two-point boundary value problem is considered on the interval [0, 1], where the leading term in the differential operator is a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order 2 ? δ with 0 < δ < 1. It is shown that any solution of such a problem can be expressed in terms of solutions to two associated weakly singular Volterra integral equations of the second kind. As a consequence, existence and uniqueness of a solution to the boundary value problem are proved, the structure of this solution is elucidated, and sharp bounds on its derivatives (in terms of the parameter δ) are derived. These results show that in general the first-order derivative of the solution will blow up at x = 0, so accurate numerical solution of this class of problems is not straightforward. The reformulation of the boundary problem in terms of Volterra integral equations enables the construction of two distinct numerical methods for its solution, both based on piecewise-polynomial collocation. Convergence rates for these methods are proved and numerical results are presented to demonstrate their performance.     

Functional-differential equations in a class of analytic functions and its application to elastic composites

According to Muskhelishvili’s approach, two-dimensional elastic problems for media with non-overlapping inclusions are reduced to boundary value problems for analytic functions in multiply connected domains. Using a method of functional equations developed by Mityushev, we reduce such a problem for a circular multiply connected domain to functional-differential equations. It is proved that the operator corresponding to the functional-differential equations is compact in the Hardy–Sobolev space. Moreover, these equations can be solved by the method of successive approximation under some natural conditions.     

Modification of singular integral equations of planar problems of elasticity theory for an arbitrary multiply connected domain with a rectilinear cut

Modified singular integral equations for a planar problem of elasticity theory are formulated for an arbitrary multiply connected domain with a rectilinear cut loaded by means of non-self-balancing stresses. Numerical studies are made for the case of a rectilinear boundary crack emanating from the contour of a curvilinear square symmetric relative to the crack.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Prikladnaya Mekhanika, No. 20, pp. 36–44, 1989.     

Numerical treatment of sth order boundary value problems by solving second kind Fredholm integral equations

A Nyström method is proposed for solving Fredholm integral equations equivalent to boundary value problems of order s with complete differential equations. The stability and the convergence of the proposed procedure are proved. Some numerical examples are provided in order to illustrate the accuracy of the method and to compare the procedure with some other ones given in the literature.     

Method of boundary integral equations as applied to the numerical solution of the three-dimensional Dirichlet problem for the laplace equation in a piecewise homogeneous medium

A Dirichlet problem is considered in a three-dimensional domain filled with a piecewise homogeneous medium. The uniqueness of its solution is proved. A system of Fredholm boundary integral equations of the second kind is constructed using the method of surface potentials, and a system of boundary integral equations of the first kind is derived directly from Green’s identity. A technique for the numerical solution of integral equations is proposed, and results of numerical experiments are presented.