ISSN:
1432-0924
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract We report an implementation of the Boundary Element Method (BEM) for half-space elasticity or Stokes problems with a plane interface (the boundary of the half space). With a proper choice of the singularity solution this plane interface, on which the displacement or velocity vector is zero, does not need to be discretized. For a large class of problems involving translating or rotating bodies a simplification of the boundary element formulation is possible, with a resulting improvement in the accuracy of the numerical results. The three-dimensional boundary element program was tested with the moving sphere problem and was found to be satisfactory in all cases.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00273702
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