Coupling of Boundary Element Methods and Finite Element Methods
Coupling of Boundary Element Methods and Finite Element Methods
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边界元法与有限元法的耦合
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2004
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E. Stephan
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E. Stephan
For the numerical treatment of elliptic boundary value problems, the coupling of boundary element methods and finite element methods is widely used. Usually, the FEM is applied in a bounded subdomain, whereas the BEM subdomain may be unbounded, but without inhomogeneous or nonlinear material behavior. This chapter gives a survey of FE/BE coupling for elliptic interface problems with emphasis on mathematics. We concentrate on the symmetric coupling method because of its general applicability and give a priori and a posteriori error estimates. Further, we address implementational aspects such as suitable preconditioning for appropriate solvers of the Galerkin equations. As new developments, we consider a least squares coupling method with first-order systems in the FEM domain and consider both primal and dual FE/BE coupling methods for interface problems with Signorini contact condition. Besides standard formulations, mixed FEM formulations are also considered. Applications in elasticity are discussed. We present proofs of essential theorems because we feel that these proofs are essential for understanding the mathematical aspects. We also present illustrative numerical examples and provide a list of references to the current literature.
Keywords:
boundary elements;
finite elements;
coupling;
a posteriori error estimates;
fast solvers;
least squares methods;
Signorini problems;
nonlinear elasticity;
primal- and dual-mixed coupling methods