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Boundary elements and the analog equation method for the solution of elastic problems in 3-D non-homogeneous bodies
- Source :
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 263:12-19
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2013.
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Abstract
- The application of the Boundary Element Method (BEM) to elastostatic problems involving 3D non-homogeneous materials like Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) is presented in this paper. The Analog Equation Method (AEM) is used to transform the original problem into a new problem with unknown fictitious source but known Fundamental Solution. By means of this transformation a system of uncoupled Domain/Boundary Integral Equations (D/BIEs) is first obtained, combining standard Boundary Element discretization and Radial Basis Functions (RBFs) approximation for the fictitious source. The application of the original differential operator to the displacement BIE provides the extra equations to compute the unknown fictitious source. The boundary character of the method is maintained since the integrals involved in the equations are limited only to the boundary since the RBFs are selected in such a way that the corresponding analog equation could be solved analytically. Numerical examples for three-dimensional problems in continuously non-homogeneous, isotropic and linear elastic FGMs are presented and discussed.
- Subjects :
- Fictitious domain method
Mechanical Engineering
Mathematical analysis
Computational Mechanics
General Physics and Astronomy
Mixed boundary condition
Singular boundary method
Boundary knot method
Computer Science Applications
Mechanics of Materials
Free boundary problem
Method of fundamental solutions
Boundary value problem
Boundary element method
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00457825
- Volume :
- 263
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........082fcd5b6b8950db6d6c3652ee824f5d