Two-dimensional polynomial eigenstrain formulation of boundary integral equation with numerical verification

The low-order polynomial-distributed eigenstrain formulation of the boundary integral equation (BIE) and the corresponding definition of the Eshelby tensors are proposed for the elliptical inhomogeneities in two-dimensional elastic media. Taking the results of the traditional subdomain boundary element method (BEM) as the control, the effectiveness of the present algorithm is verified for the elastic media with a single elliptical inhomogeneity. With the present computational model and algorithm, significant improvements are achieved in terms of the efficiency as compared with the traditional BEM and the accuracy as compared with the constant eigenstrain formulation of the BIE.     

弹性力学平面问题的无奇异边界积分方程

将弹性力学平面问题归化成无奇异边界积分方程,避免了传统的边界元法中的柯西主值（CPV）积分和Hadamard-Finite-Parts(HFP)积分的计算,建立完整的数值求解体系。     

Multiple reciprocity boundary element analysis of two-dimensional anisotropic thermoelasticity involving an internal arbitrary non-uniform volume heat source

In the direct boundary element method (BEM) formulation of anisotropic thermoelasticity, thermal loads manifest themselves as additional volume integral terms in the boundary integral equation (BIE). Conventionally, this requires internal cell discretisation throughout the whole domain. In this paper, the multiple reciprocity method in BEM analysis is employed to treat the general 2D thermoelasticity problem when the thermal loading is due to an internal non-uniform volume heat source. By successively performing the “volume-to-surface” integral transformation, the general formulation of the associated BIE for the problem is derived. The successful implementation of such a scheme is illustrated by three numerical examples.     

Boundary element method for thermoelastic analysis of three-dimensional transversely isotropic solids

Thermal effects are well known to manifest themselves as additional volume integral terms in the direct formulation of the boundary integral equation (BIE) for linear elastic solids when using the boundary element method (BEM). This domain integral has been successfully transformed in an exact manner to surface ones only in isotropy and in 2D anisotropy, thereby restoring the BEM as a truly boundary solution technique. The difficulties with extending it to 3D general anisotropic solids lie in the mathematical complexity of the Green’s function and its derivatives for such materials. These quantities are required items in the BEM formulation. In this paper, the exact, analytical transformation of the volume integral associated with thermal effects to surface ones is achieved for a transversely isotropic material using a similar approach which the authors have previously employed for the same task in BEM for 2D general anisotropy. A numerical scheme, however, needs to be employed to evaluate some of the new terms introduced in the surface integrals that arise from this process here. The mathematical soundness of the formulation is demonstrated by a few examples; the numerical results obtained are checked by alternative means, including those obtained from the commercial FEM code, ANSYS.     

Degenerate scale for multiply connected Laplace problems

The degenerate scale in the boundary integral equation (BIE) or boundary element method (BEM) solution of multiply connected problem is studied in this paper. For the mathematical analysis, we use the null-field integral equation, degenerate kernels and Fourier series to examine the solvability of BIE for multiply connected problem in the discrete system. Two treatments, the method of adding a rigid body term and CHEEF concept (Combined Helmholtz Exterior integral Equation Formulation), are applied to remedy the non-unique solution due to the critical scale. The efficiency and accuracy of the two regularizations are also addressed. For simplicity without loss of generality, the eccentric case is considered to demonstrate the occurring mechanism of degenerate scale.     

导数场边界积分方程分析近边界应力分布

研究二维弹性力学问题边界积分方程,通过分部积分变换消除了常规导数边界积分方程中的超奇异积分,获得仅含强奇异积分的应力自然边界积分方程.对于近边界应力的计算,进一步运用正则化算法解析计算其中的几乎强奇异积分.较常规边界元法相比,应力自然边界积分方程可以求解离边界更加接近的内点应力值.算例证明了文中方法的可应用性和有效性.     

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.     

Boundary Element Calculation of Transient Response of Viscoelastic Solids Based on Inverse Transformation

Mixed boundary value problems of solid mechanics are treated by numericalsolutions of Boundary Integral Equations (BIE) in time domain with theBoundary Element Method (BEM) thus reducing the spatial problem dimensionby one. Viscoelastic constitutive behaviour is implemented by means of aLaplace transform technique based on an elastic--viscoelasticcorrespondence principle. The concept of fractional differintegrationgeneralizes conventional constitutive equations and provides improvedcurve fitting of measured material response with fewer parameters. As theimplementation of viscoelasticity is provided in each time step in theLaplace domain, efficient algorithms for the inverse transformation intime domain are needed. This is why the performance of adapted algorithmsby Talbot, Durbin and Crump are compared. The impact responseof a base plate bonded on a viscoelastic soil halfspace is discussed as anumerical example. Viscous forces increase the velocities of surface wavepropagation and cause attenuation in addition to the so called geometricaldamping by radiation.     

弹性力学问题中一个新的边界积分方程——自然边界积分方程

位移导数边界积分方程一直存在着超奇异积分计算的障碍,该文提出以符号算子δye和εye作用于位移导数边界积分方程,施用一系列变换将边界位移、面力和位移导数转成为新的边界张量,从而得到一个新的边界积分方程－－自然边界积分方程,自然边界积分方奇异性为强奇性,文中给出了相应的Cauchy主值积分算式,自然边界积分方程与位移边界积分方程联合可直接获取边界应力,几个算例表明了自然边界积分方程的正确性。     

Amended influence matrix method for removal of rigid motion in the interior BVP for plane elasticity

A conventional complex variable boundary integral equation(CVBIE) in plane elasticity is provided. After using the Somigliana identity between a particular fundamental stress field and a physical stress field, an additional integral equality is obtained. By adding both sides of this integral equality to both sides of the conventional CVBIE, the amended boundary integral equation(BIE) is obtained. The method based on the discretization of the amended BIE is called the amended influence matrix method.With this method, for the Neumann boundary value problem(BVP) of an interior region,a unique solution for the displacement can be obtained. Several numerical examples are provided to prove the efficiency of the suggested method.     

Wideband fast multipole boundary element method: Application to acoustic scattering from aerodynamic bodies

A wideband adaptive multi‐level fast multipole method (MLFMM) is used to accelerate the matrix–vector products arising from a boundary element method (BEM) formulation which solves the Burton–Miller boundary integral equation (BIE). The wideband MLFMM presented here applies a plane wave expansion formulation with fast interpolation and filtering for calculations in the high‐frequency regime and a partial wave expansion formulation with rotation‐coaxial translation in the low‐frequency regime. The iterative solvers GMRES, Bi‐CGSTAB and CGS are tested and compared and a block diagonal preconditioner is used to improve the condition number of the BEM matrices and to accelerate the convergence of the iterative solvers. Details on the implementation of the formulations are described, including the treatment of singular integrals. Results for acoustic scattering from a wing plus engine nacelle configuration for a prescribed source in a subsonic uniform flow are presented for a broad range of frequencies in order to assess the implemented capability. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于参数曲面三维势问题的边界面法

提出了边界元法(BEM)的一种新的实现方法——边界面法(BFM)。在传统的边界元法中,单元不仅用来进行边界积分和函数插值,而且用来近似几何体。当离散网格较稀疏时,会引起较大几何误差,因而影响计算精度。本文基于参数曲面,将几何实体的边界曲面离散为参数空间里的曲面单元,边界积分和场变量的插值都是在曲面参数空间里进行。积分点...     

A NOVEL BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD FOR LINEAR ELASTICITY--NATURAL BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION

The boundary integral equation (BIE) of displacement derivatives is put at a disadvantage for the difficulty involved in the evaluation of the hypersingular integrals. In this paper, the operators δij and εij are used to act on the derivative BIE. The boundary displacements, tractions and displacement derivatives are transformed into a set of new boundary tensors as boundary variables. A new BIE formulation termed natural boundary integral equation (NBIE) is obtained. The NBIE is applied to solving two-dimensional elasticity problems. In the NBIE only the strongly singular integrals are contained. The Cauchy principal value integrals occurring in the NBIE are evaluated. A combination of the NBIE and displacement BIE can be used to directly calculate the boundary stresses. The numerical results of several examples demonstrate the accuracy of the NBIE.     

弹性理论几类导数边界积分方程之间的变换关系

导数场边界积分方程通常难以应用，因为存在着超奇异主值积分的计算障碍。弹性理论中有几类不同的位移导数边界积分方程，本文采用算子δij和∈ij(排列张量)作用于这些导数边界积分方程，做一系列变换，原有的超奇异积分被正则化为强奇异积分获解。从而建立了这些位移导数边界积分方程之间的转换关系，它们均可以归结为自然边界积分方程。自然边界积分方程仅存在容易计算的Cauchy主值积分。自然边界积分方程分析可直接获得边界应力和位移导数。     

平面Poisson外边值问题

证明平面调和函数的Dirichlet外问题解存在唯一的充要条件；在此基础上，建立Laplace和Poisson外问题的等价边界积分方程；通过实例对传统的边界积分方程进行了讨论，表明它们不具有普遍适用性。     

A NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT FORMULATION FOR TORSION PROBLEMS OF ANISOTROPIC BODIES

Non-dimensionalized equations and boundary conditions are presentedfor the torsion problem of an anisotropic body.The error of the fundamental solutioncited in some boundary element books is pointed out after an examination of thefundamental solution.Furthermore,a necessary and sufficient boundary integralequation is given for the problem and compared with the conventional boundaryintegral equation.Numerical results show that great errors of the boundary shearstresses obtained by the conventional boundary integral equation appear with a smallerror of torsion stiffness.Meanwhile,the necessary and sufficient boundary integralequation always gives accurate results.     

Computational model for short-fiber composites with eigenstrain formulation of boundary integral equations

A computational model is proposed for short-fiber reinforced materials with the eigenstrain formulation of the boundary integral equations （BIE） and solved with the newly developed boundary point method （BPM）. The model is closely derived from the concept of the equivalent inclusion Of Eshelby tensors. Eigenstrains are iteratively determined for each short-fiber embedded in the matrix with various properties via the Eshelby tensors, which can be readily obtained beforehand either through analytical or numerical means. As unknown variables appear only on the boundary of the solution domain, the solution scale of the inhomogeneity problem with the model is greatly reduced. This feature is considered significant because such a traditionally time-consuming problem with inhomogeneity can be solved most cost-effectively compared with existing numerical models of the FEM or the BEM. The numerical examples are presented to compute the overall elastic properties for various short-fiber reinforced composites over a representative volume element （RVE）, showing the validity and the effectiveness of the proposed computational modal and the solution procedure.     

Computational model for short-fiber composites with eigenstrain formulation of boundary integral equations

A computational model is proposed for short-fiber reinforced materials with the eigenstrain formulation of the boundary integral equations(BIE)and solved with the newly developed boundary point method(BPM).The model is closely derived from the concept of the equivalent inclusion of Eshelby tensors.Eigenstrains are iteratively determined for each short.fiber embedded in the matrix with various properties via the Eshelby tensors,which can be readily obtained beforehand either through analytical or numerical means.As unknown variables appear only on the boundary of the solution domain,the solution scale of the inhomogeneity problem with the model is greatly reduced.This feature is considered significant because such a traditionally time-consuming problem with inhomogeneity can be solved most cost-effectively compared with existing numerical models of the FEM or the BEM.The numerical examples are presented to compute the overall elastic properties for various short-fiber reinforced composites over a representative volume element(RVE),showing the validity and the effectiveness of the proposed computational modal and the solution procedure.     

弹性力学问题的局部边界积分方程方法

提出了弹性力学平面问题的局部边界积分方程方法。这种方法是一种无网格方法,它采用移动最小二乘近似试函数,且只包含中心在所考虑节点的局部边界上的边界积分。它易于施加本质边界条件。所得系统矩阵是一个带状稀疏矩阵。它组合了伽辽金有限元法、整体边界元法和无单元伽辽金法的优点。该方法可以容易推广到求解非线性问题以及非均匀介质的力学问题。计算了两个弹性力学平面问题的例子,给出了位移和能量的索波列夫模,所得计算结果证明：该方法是一种具有收敛快、精度高、简便有效的通用方法。     

The boundary element method applied to elastic contact problems with friction

In the current paper the boundary integral equations (BIE) for elastic contact problems with friction are derived from the incremental virtual work principle. After introducing contact conditions of adhesion and slip into BIE all variants on boundary are made to discretize by quadratic isoparametric boundary element. In the current paper not only an auto-increment loading law is presented but also the iterative calculation laws for open, slip and adhesion condition are given. The results of numerical examples are satisfactory.