The h-p version of the coupling of finite element and boundary element methods for transmission problems in polyhedral domains

Summary. This paper analyzes the rate of convergence of the h-p version of the coupling of the finite element and boundary element method for transmission problems with a linear differential operator with variable coefficients in a bounded polyhedral domain and with constant coefficients in the exterior domain . This procedure uses the variational formulation of the differential equation in and involves integral operators on the interface between and . The finite elements are used to obtain approximate solutions of the differential equation in and the boundary elements are used to obtain approximate solutions of the integral equations. For given piecewise analytic data we show that the Galerkin solution of this coupling procedure converges exponentially fast in the energy norm if the h-p version is used both for finite elements and boundary elements. Received February 10, 1996 / Revised version received April 4, 1997     

On the adaptive coupling of FEM and BEM in 2–d–elasticity

Summary. This paper concerns the combination of the finite element method (FEM) and the boundary element method (BEM) using the symmetric coupling. As a model problem in two dimensions we consider the Hencky material (a certain nonlinear elastic material) in a bounded domain with Navier–Lamé differential equation in the unbounded complementary domain. Using some boundary integral operators the problem is rewritten such that the Galerkin procedure leads to a FEM/BEM coupling and quasi–optimally convergent discrete solutions. Beside this a priori information we derive an a posteriori error estimate which allows (up to a constant factor) the error control in the energy norm. Since information about the singularities of the solution is not available a priori in many situation and having in mind the goal of an automatic mesh–refinement we state adaptive algorithms for the –version of the FEM/BEM–coupling. Illustrating numerical results are included. Received April 15, 1994 / Revised version received January 8, 1996     

An Interface Problem in Solid Mechanics with a Linear Elastic and a Hyperelastic Material

The three dimensional interface problem is considered with the homogeneous Lamé system in an unbounded exterior domain and some quasistatic nonlinear elastic material behavior in a bounded interior Lipschitz domain. The nonlinear material is of the Mooney-Rivlin type of polyconvex materials. We give a weak formulation of the interface problem based on minimizing the energy, and rewrite it in terms of boundary integral operators. Then, we prove existence of solutions.     

The coupling of boundary integral and finite element methods for the bidimensional exterior steady stokes problem

In this paper, we represent a new numerical method for solving the steady-state Stokes equations in an unbounded plane domain. The technique consists in coupling the boundary integral and the finite element methods. An artificial smooth boundary is introduced separating an interior inhomogeneous region from an exterior one. The solution in the exterior domain is represented by an integral equation over the artificial boundary. This integral equation is incorporated into a velocitypressure formulation for the interior region, and a finite element method is used to approximate the resulting variational problem. This is studied by means of an abstract framework, well adapted to the model problem, in which convergence results and optimal error estimates are derived. Computer results will be discussed in a forthcoming paper.     

Coupling of mixed finite element and stabilized boundary element methods for a fluid–solid interaction problem in 3D

We introduce and analyze the coupling of a mixed finite element and a boundary element for a three‐dimensional time‐harmonic fluid–solid interaction problem. We consider a formulation in which the Cauchy stress tensor and the rotation are the main variables in the elastic structure and use the usual pressure formulation in the acoustic fluid. The mixed variational formulation in the solid is completed with boundary integral equations relating the Cauchy data of the acoustic problem on the coupling interface. A crucial point in our formulation is the stabilization technique introduced by Hiptmair and coworkers to avoid the well‐known instability issue appearing in the boundary element method treatment of the exterior Helmholtz problem. The main novelty of this formulation, with respect to a previous approach, consists in reducing the computational domain to the solid media and providing a more accurate treatment of the far field effect. We show that the continuous problem is well‐posed and propose a conforming Galerkin method based on the lowest‐order Arnold–Falk–Winther mixed finite element. Finally, we prove that the numerical scheme is convergent with optimal order.Copyright © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 30: 1211–1233, 2014     

椭圆边界上的自然积分算子及各向异性外问题的耦合算法

1.引 言为求解微分方程的外边值问题常需要引进人工边界（见[1-4]）,对人工边界外部区域作自然边界归化得到的自然积分方程即Dirichlet-Neumann映射,正是人工边界上的准确的边界条件（见[2-6]）,这是一类非局部边界条件.自然积分算子即Dirichlet-Neumann算子,     

Mixed FEM and BEM coupling for the three‐dimensional magnetostatic problem

We present two new mixed finite element methods coupled with a boundary method for the three dimensional magnetostatic problem. Such formulations are obtained by coupling a finite element method inside a bounded domain with a boundary integral method involving either the Calderon equations or the inverse of Dirichlet Neumann operator to treat the exterior domain. First, we present the formulations and then prove that our mixed formulations are well posed and that they lead to a convergent Galerkin method. Finally, we give numerical results for a sphere immersed in a homogeneous (source) field in the two formulations. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 19: 443–462, 2003     

一种有限元-边界元耦合分域算法

提出了一种有限元-边界元耦合分域算法．该算法将所分析问题的区域分解成有限元和边界元子域,在满足两子域界面上位移和面力协调连续的条件下,通过迭代求解得到问题的解．在迭代求解过程中,引入动态松弛系数,使收敛得以加速．该方法在两子域界面上有限单元结点和边界单元结点的位置相互独立,无需协调一致,对诸如裂纹扩展过程的模拟具有独特的优势．用所提出的耦合算法分析算例,得到的结果与有限元法、边界元法和另一种耦合算法的数值计算结果一致,验证了这种算法的正确性和可行性．     

FINITE ELEMENT NONLINEAR GALERKIN COUPLING METHOD FOR THE EXTERIOR STEADY NAVIER-STOKES PROBLEM

1.IntroductionNonlinearGalerkinmethodsaremultilevelschemesforthedissipativeevolutionpartialdifferentialequations.Theycorrespondtothesplittingsoftheunknownu:u=y z)wherethecomponentsareofdifferentorderofmagnitudewithrespecttoaparameterrelatedtothespati...     

A New Non-Overlapping Domain Decomposition Method for a 3D Laplace Exterior Problem

We propose a method for solving three-dimensional boundary value problems for Laplace’s equation in an unbounded domain. It is based on non-overlapping decomposition of the exterior domain into two subdomains so that the initial problem is reduced to two subproblems, namely, exterior and interior boundary value problems on a sphere. To solve the exterior boundary value problem, we propose a singularity isolation method. To match the solutions on the interface between the subdomains (the sphere), we introduce a special operator equation approximated by a system of linear algebraic equations. This system is solved by iterative methods in Krylov subspaces. The performance of the method is illustrated by solving model problems.     

无穷凹角区域各向异性问题的自然边界元与有限元耦合法

本文研究无穷凹角区域上一类各向异性问题的自然边界元与有限元耦合法.利用自然边界归化原理,获得圆弧或椭圆弧人工边界上的自然积分方程,给出了耦合的变分形式及其数值方法,以及逼近解的收敛性和误差估计,最后给出了数值例子,以示方法的可行性和有效性.     

A domain decomposition method for linear exterior boundary value problems

In this paper, we present a domain decomposition method, based on the general theory of Steklov-Poincaré operators, for a class of linear exterior boundary value problems arising in potential theory and heat conductivity. We first use a Dirichlet-to-Neumann mapping, derived from boundary integral equation methods, to transform the exterior problem into an equivalent mixed boundary value problem on a bounded domain. This domain is decomposed into a finite number of annular subregions, and the Dirichlet data on the interfaces is introduced as the unknown of the associated Steklov-Poincaré problem. This problem is solved with the Richardson method by introducing a Dirichlet-Robin-type preconditioner, which yields an iteration-by-subdomains algorithm well suited for parallel computations. The corresponding analysis for the finite element approximations and some numerical experiments are also provided.     

A non symmetric FVM-BEM coupling method

We consider the prototype model for flow and transport of a concentration in porous media in an interior domain and couple it with a diffusion process in the corresponding unbounded exterior domain. To guarantee mass conservation and stability with respect to dominating convection also for a discrete solution we introduce a non symmetric coupling of the vertex-centered finite volume method (FVM) and the boundary element method (BEM). BEM approximates the unbounded exterior problem which avoids truncation of the domain. One can also interpret that the (unbounded) exterior problem “replaces” the boundary conditions of the interior problem. We aim to provide a first rigorous analysis of the discrete system for different model parameters; existence and uniqueness, convergence, and a priori estimates. Numerical examples illustrate the strength of the chosen method which is computational cheaper than the previous three field FVM-BEM couplings. (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Innovative solution of a 2D elastic transmission problem¶

This article is concerned with a boundary-field equation approach to a class of boundary value problems exterior to a thin domain. A prototype of this kind of problems is the interaction problem with a thin elastic structure. We are interested in the asymptotic behavior of the solution when the thickness of the elastic structure approaches to zero. In particular, formal asymptotic expansions will be developed, and their rigorous justification will be considered. As will be seen, the construction of these formal expansions hinges on the solutions of a sequence of exterior Dirichlet problems, which can be treated by employing boundary element methods. On the other hand, the justification of the corresponding formal procedure requires an independence on the thickness of the thin domain for the constant in the Korn inequality. It is shown that in spite of the reduction of the dimensionality of the domain under consideration, this class of problems are, in general, not singular perturbation problems, because of appropriate interface conditions.     

一个扩散问题的自然边界元法与有限元法组合

本文讨论由Helmholtz方程描述的扩散问题的自然边界元法与有限元法的组合．取一个圆作为公共边界，用Fourier展开建立边界积分方程，将无界区域上的问题化为有界区域上的非局部边值问题．在变分方程中公共边界上的未知量只包含函数本身而不包含其法向导数，从而减少了未知数的数目，并且边界元剐度矩阵只有极少量不同的元素，有利于数值计算．这种组台方法优越于建立在直接边界元法基础上的组合方法．文中证明了变分解的唯一性，数值解的收敛性和误差估计．最后讨论了数值技术并给出一个算倒．     

On the symmetric boundary element method and the symmetric coupling of boundary elements and finite elements

The finite element method and the boundary element method areamong the most frequently applied tools in the numerical treatmentof partial differential equations. However, their propertiesappear to be complementary: while the boundary element methodis appropriate for the most important linear partial differentialequations with constant coefficients in bounded or unboundeddomains, the finite element method seems to be more appropriatefor inhomogeneous or even nonlinear problems. but is somehowrestricted to bounded domains. The symmetric coupling of thetwo methods inherits the advantages of both methods. This paper treats the symmetric coupling of finite elementsand boundary elements for a model transmission problem in twoand three dimensions where we have two domains: a bounded domainwith nonlinear, even plastic material behaviour, is surroundedby an unbounded, exterior, domain with isotropic homogeneouslinear elastic material. Practically. the coupling is performedsuch that the boundary element method contributes a macro-element,like a large finite element, within a standard finite elementanalysis program. Emphasis is on two-dimensional problems wherethe approach using the Poincaré-Steklov operator seemsto be impossible at first glance. E-mail: cc{at}numerik.uni-kiel.de     

Approximation of Infinite Boundary Condition and Its Application to Finite Element Methods

The exterior boundary value problems of Laplace equation and linear elastic equations are considered. A series of approximate infinite boundary conditions are given. Then the original problem is reduced to a boundary value problem on a bounded domain. The finite element approximation of this problem and its error estimate are obtained. Finally, a numerical example shows that this method is very effective.     

Adaptive FE–BE coupling for strongly nonlinear transmission problems with Coulomb friction

We analyze an adaptive finite element/boundary element procedure for scalar elastoplastic interface problems involving friction, where a nonlinear uniformly monotone operator such as the p-Laplacian is coupled to the linear Laplace equation on the exterior domain. The problem is reduced to a boundary/domain variational inequality, a discretized saddle point formulation of which is then solved using the Uzawa algorithm and adaptive mesh refinements based on a gradient recovery scheme. The Galerkin approximations are shown to converge to the unique solution of the variational problem in a suitable product of L ^p - and L ²-Sobolev spaces.     

An a priori error analysis for the coupling of local discontinuous Galerkin and boundary element methods

In this paper we analyze the coupling of local discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) and boundary element methods as applied to linear exterior boundary value problems in the plane. As a model problem we consider a Poisson equation in an annular polygonal domain coupled with a Laplace equation in the surrounding unbounded exterior region. The technique resembles the usual coupling of finite elements and boundary elements, but the corresponding analysis becomes quite different. In particular, in order to deal with the weak continuity of the traces at the interface boundary, we need to define a mortar-type auxiliary unknown representing an interior approximation of the normal derivative. We prove the stability of the resulting discrete scheme with respect to a mesh-dependent norm and derive a Strang-type estimate for the associated error. Finally, we apply local and global approximation properties of the subspaces involved to obtain the a priori error estimate in the energy norm.

     

Analysis of a FEM/BEM coupling method for transonic flow computations

A sensitive issue in numerical calculations for exterior flow problems, e.g.around airfoils, is the treatment of the far field boundary conditions on a computational domain which is bounded. In this paper we investigate this problem for two-dimensional transonic potential flows with subsonic far field flow around airfoil profiles. We take the artificial far field boundary in the subsonic flow region. In the far field we approximate the subsonic potential flow by the Prandtl-Glauert linearization. The latter leads via the Green representation theorem to a boundary integral equation on the far field boundary. This defines a nonlocal boundary condition for the interior ring domain. Our approach leads naturally to a coupled finite element/boundary element method for numerical calculations. It is compared with local boundary conditions. The error analysis for the method is given and we prove convergence provided the solution to the analytic transonic flow problem around the profile exists.