scholarly journals Convergence Analysis of a Galerkin Boundary Element Method for the Dirichlet Laplacian Eigenvalue Problem

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 710-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Steinbach ◽  
G. Unger
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element Method ◽  
Eigenvalue Problem ◽  
Boundary Element ◽  
Convergence Analysis ◽  
Dirichlet Laplacian ◽  
Laplacian Eigenvalue ◽  
Galerkin Boundary Element Method ◽  
Element Method

scholarly journals Convergence analysis of a Galerkin boundary element method for electromagnetic resonance problems

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhard Unger
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element Method ◽  
Boundary Element ◽  
Convergence Analysis ◽  
Maxwell’S Equations ◽  
Maxwell's Equations ◽  
Eigenvalue Problems ◽  
Galerkin Approximation ◽  
Resonance Problem ◽  
Galerkin Boundary Element Method ◽  
Element Method

AbstractIn this paper a convergence analysis of a Galerkin boundary element method for resonance problems arising from the time harmonic Maxwell’s equations is presented. The cavity resonance problem with perfect conducting boundary conditions and the scattering resonance problem for impenetrable and penetrable scatterers are treated. The considered boundary integral formulations of the resonance problems are eigenvalue problems for holomorphic Fredholm operator-valued functions, where the occurring operators satisfy a so-called generalized Gårding’s inequality. The convergence of a conforming Galerkin approximation of this kind of eigenvalue problems is in general only guaranteed if the approximation spaces fulfill special requirements. We use recent abstract results for the convergence of the Galerkin approximation of this kind of eigenvalue problems in order to show that two classical boundary element spaces for Maxwell’s equations, the Raviart–Thomas and the Brezzi–Douglas–Marini boundary element spaces, satisfy these requirements. Numerical examples are presented, which confirm the theoretical results.

Removing Non-Uniqueness in Symmetric Galerkin Boundary Element Method for Elastostatic Neumann Problems and its Application to Half-Space Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 749-761
Author(s):  
Y. -Y. Ko
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Element Method ◽  
Rigid Body ◽  
Boundary Element ◽  
Integral Equations ◽  
Half Space ◽  
Boundary Integral Equations ◽  
Boundary Integral ◽  
Neumann Problems ◽  
Galerkin Boundary Element Method ◽  
Element Method

ABSTRACTWhen the Symmetric Galerkin boundary element method (SGBEM) based on full-space elastostatic fundamental solutions is used to solve Neumann problems, the displacement solution cannot be uniquely determined because of the inevitable rigid-body-motion terms involved. Several methods that have been used to remove the non-uniqueness, including additional point support, eigen decomposition, regularization of a singular system and modified boundary integral equations, were introduced to amend SGBEM, and were verified to eliminate the rigid body motions in the solutions of full-space exterior Neumann problems. Because half-space problems are common in geotechnical engineering practice and they are usually Neumann problems, typical half-space problems were also analyzed using the amended SGBEM with a truncated free surface mesh. However, various levels of errors showed for all the methods of removing non-uniqueness investigated. Among them, the modified boundary integral equations based on the Fredholm’s theory is relatively preferable for its accurate results inside and near the loaded area, especially where the deformation varies significantly.

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