Numerical solution of three-dimensional static problems of elasticity for a body with a noncanonical inclusion

A boundary-element scheme is proposed for the numerical determination of the stress-strain state of a three-dimensional composite body, which is an elastic inclusion of arbitrary shape perfectly bonded to an infinite elastic matrix. The scheme involves the reduction of the original problem to six boundary integral equations for the components of interfacial displacements and forces and the boundary-element parametrization and discretization of these equations using generalized Gaussian integrals and topological maps with regularizing Jacobians. Numerical results are obtained for a cylindrical inclusion with rounded ends in a matrix subject at infinity to constant forces acting along this fiber. The influence of the length-to-radius ratio of the fiber and the ratio of the elastic moduli of the matrix and fiber on the stresses is examined __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 27–35, April 2007.