Recent Advances In Boundary Element Methods

Author : Joachim Gwinner,Ernst Peter Stephan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319920016

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Advanced Boundary Element Methods by Joachim Gwinner,Ernst Peter Stephan Pdf

This book is devoted to the mathematical analysis of the numerical solution of boundary integral equations treating boundary value, transmission and contact problems arising in elasticity, acoustic and electromagnetic scattering. It serves as the mathematical foundation of the boundary element methods (BEM) both for static and dynamic problems. The book presents a systematic approach to the variational methods for boundary integral equations including the treatment with variational inequalities for contact problems. It also features adaptive BEM, hp-version BEM, coupling of finite and boundary element methods – efficient computational tools that have become extremely popular in applications. Familiarizing readers with tools like Mellin transformation and pseudodifferential operators as well as convex and nonsmooth analysis for variational inequalities, it concisely presents efficient, state-of-the-art boundary element approximations and points to up-to-date research. The authors are well known for their fundamental work on boundary elements and related topics, and this book is a major contribution to the modern theory of the BEM (especially for error controlled adaptive methods and for unilateral contact and dynamic problems) and is a valuable resource for applied mathematicians, engineers, scientists and graduate students.

Author : C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UOM:39015028266420

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Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods by C. A. Brebbia Pdf

Author : George Manolis,Demosthenes Polyzos
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781402097102

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Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods by George Manolis,Demosthenes Polyzos Pdf

This volume, dedicated to Professor Dimitri Beskos, contains contributions from leading researchers in Europe, the USA, Japan and elsewhere, and addresses the needs of the computational mechanics research community in terms of timely information on boundary integral equation-based methods and techniques applied to a variety of fields. The contributors are well-known scientists, who also happen to be friends, collaborators as past students of Dimitri Beskos. Dimitri is one the BEM pioneers who started his career at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA, in the 1970s and is now with the University of Patras in Patras, Greece. The book is essentially a collection of both original and review articles on contemporary Boundary Element Methods (BEM) as well as on the newer Mesh Reduction Methods (MRM), covering a variety of research topics. Close to forty contributions compose an over-500 page volume that is rich in detail and wide in terms of breadth of coverage of the subject of integral equation formulations and solutions in both solid and fluid mechanics.

Author : Lothar Gaul,Martin Kögl,Marcus Wagner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662051368

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Boundary Element Methods for Engineers and Scientists by Lothar Gaul,Martin Kögl,Marcus Wagner Pdf

Over the past decades, the Boundary Element Method has emerged as a ver satile and powerful tool for the solution of engineering problems, presenting in many cases an alternative to the more widely used Finite Element Method. As with any numerical method, the engineer or scientist who applies it to a practical problem needs to be acquainted with, and understand, its basic principles to be able to apply it correctly and be aware of its limitations. It is with this intention that we have endeavoured to write this book: to give the student or practitioner an easy-to-understand introductory course to the method so as to enable him or her to apply it judiciously. As the title suggests, this book not only serves as an introductory course, but also cov ers some advanced topics that we consider important for the researcher who needs to be up-to-date with new developments. This book is the result of our teaching experiences with the Boundary Element Method, along with research and consulting activities carried out in the field. Its roots lie in a graduate course on the Boundary Element Method given by the authors at the university of Stuttgart. The experiences gained from teaching and the remarks and questions of the students have contributed to shaping the 'Introductory course' (Chapters 1-8) to the needs of the stu dents without assuming a background in numerical methods in general or the Boundary Element Method in particular.

Author : Evangelous J. Sapountzakis
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845644925

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Recent Developments in Boundary Element Methods by Evangelous J. Sapountzakis Pdf

This Festschrift is a collection of articles contributed by colleagues, collaborators and past students to honor Professor John T. Katsikadelis on the occasion of his 70 years. Professor Katsikadelis, now an emeritus professor at the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, is one of the BEM pioneers who started his research in this field with his PhD thesis at the Polytechnic Institute of New York in the 1970s and continued it to date.The book comprises 26 contributions by more than 50 leading researchers in Boundary Element Methods (BEM) and other Mesh Reduction Methods (MRM). All contributors are well-known scientists from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. The volume is essentially a collection of both original and review articles covering a variety of research topics in the areas of solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, potential theory, composite materials, fracture mechanics, damage mechanics, plasticity, heat transfer, dynamics and vibrations and soil-structure interaction. Invaluable to scientists, engineers and other professionals interested in the latest developments of the boundary integral equation methods, it addresses the needs of the BEM computational mechanics research community.The book is written for: researchers in academia and industry and graduate students focusing on solid and fluid mechanics as used in civil, mechanical and aerospace engineering.

Author : Prasanta Kumar Banerjee,Roy Butterfield
Publisher : Elsevier Science & Technology
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : PSU:000013325114

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Developments in Boundary Element Methods by Prasanta Kumar Banerjee,Roy Butterfield Pdf

Author : C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Boundary element methods
ISBN : UCAL:B3695962

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New Developments in Boundary Element Methods by C. A. Brebbia Pdf

Author : A.H-D. Cheng,C.A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781784660277

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Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods XXXVIII by A.H-D. Cheng,C.A. Brebbia Pdf

Containing the latest in a long line of conferences covering the most recent advances in Boundary Elements and Mesh Reduction Methods (BEM/MRM), this book contains an important chapter in the history of this important method used in science and engineering. The BEM/MRM conference has long been recognised as THE international forum on the technique. The proceedings of the conference therefore constitute a record of the development of the method, running from the initial successful development of boundary integral techniques into the BEM, a method that eliminates the need for an internal mesh, to the recent and most sophisticated Mesh Reduction and even Meshless Methods. Since the boundary elements, mesh reduction, and meshless methods are used in many engineering and scientific fields, the book will be of great interest to all engineers and scientists working within the areas of numerical analysis, boundary elements and meshless methods. Topics covered include: Advanced formulations; Advanced meshless and mesh reduction methods; Structural mechanics applications; Solid mechanics; Heat and mass transfer, Electrical engineering and electromagnetics; Computational methods; Fluid flow modelling; Damage mechanics and fracture; Dynamics and Vibrations Engineering applications.

Author : James H. Kane,Giulio Maier,Nobuyoshi Tosaka,S.N. Atluri
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642510274

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Advances in Boundary Element Techniques by James H. Kane,Giulio Maier,Nobuyoshi Tosaka,S.N. Atluri Pdf

The editors have published a select group of full length papers on boundary element analysis (BEA) photographed from camera ready manuscripts. The articles have been prepared by some of the most distinguished and prolific individuals in this field. More than half of these articles have been submitted by authors that participated in an International Forum on Boundary Element Methods, in Melbourne Australia, in the Summer of 1991. However, this volume is not a conference proceedings, as these authors have expanded their accounts to chapter length, and/or have tailored their expositions more toward the style employed in archival journal publications. The authors that did not participate in the International Forum have also adhered to the above mentioned philosophy. This work contains a definitive representation of the significant capabilities and applications currently available or under investigation that fall under the general category of advanced boundary element analysis. With treatments of mechanical, thermal, fluid, and electromagnetic phenomena, this book should thus be of value to graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in engineering, mathematics, and the physical sciences wishing to obtain a broader perspective or remain current in these important areas of computational simulation.

Author : George Manolis,Demosthenes Polyzos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-08-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1402098170

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Recent Advances in Boundary Element Methods by George Manolis,Demosthenes Polyzos Pdf

This volume, dedicated to Professor Dimitri Beskos, contains contributions from leading researchers in Europe, the USA, Japan and elsewhere, and addresses the needs of the computational mechanics research community in terms of timely information on boundary integral equation-based methods and techniques applied to a variety of fields. The contributors are well-known scientists, who also happen to be friends, collaborators as past students of Dimitri Beskos. Dimitri is one the BEM pioneers who started his career at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, USA, in the 1970s and is now with the University of Patras in Patras, Greece. The book is essentially a collection of both original and review articles on contemporary Boundary Element Methods (BEM) as well as on the newer Mesh Reduction Methods (MRM), covering a variety of research topics. Close to forty contributions compose an over-500 page volume that is rich in detail and wide in terms of breadth of coverage of the subject of integral equation formulations and solutions in both solid and fluid mechanics.

Author : Balkrishna S. Annigeri,Kadin Tseng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642842382

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Boundary Element Methods in Engineering by Balkrishna S. Annigeri,Kadin Tseng Pdf

The Boundary Element Method (BEM) has become established as an effective tool for the solutions of problems in engineering science. The salient features of the BEM have been well documented in the open literature and therefore will not be elaborated here. The BEM research has progressed rapidly, especially in the past decade and continues to evolve worldwide. This Symposium was organized to provide an international forum for presentation of current research in BEM for linear and nonlinear problems in solid and fluid mechanics and related areas. To this end, papers on the following topics were included: rotary wing aerodynamics, unsteady aerodynamics, design and optimization, elasticity, elasto dynamics and elastoplasticity, fracture mechanics, acoustics, diffusion and wave motion, thermal analysis, mathematical aspects and boundary/finite element coupled methods. A special session was devoted to parallel/vector supercomputing with emphasis on mas sive parallelism. This Symposium was sponsored by United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) , NASA Langley Research Center, and the International Association of Boundary Ele ment Methods (lAB EM) . We thank the UTRC management for their permission to host this Symposium. In particular, we thank Dr. Arthur S. Kesten and Mr. Robert E. Olson for their encouragement and support. We gratefully acknowledge the support of Dr. E. Carson Yates, Jr. of NASA Langley, Prof. Luigi Morino, Dr. Thomas A.

Author : S. Kobayashi,N. Nishimura
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783662061534

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Boundary Element Methods by S. Kobayashi,N. Nishimura Pdf

The Boundary Element Methods (BEM) has become one of the most efficient tools for solving various kinds of problems in engineering science. The International Association for Boundary Element Methods (IABEM) was established in order to promote and facilitate the exchange of scientific ideas related to the theory and applications of boundary element methods. The aim of this symposium is to provide a forum for researchers in boundary element methods and boundary-integral formulations in general to present contemporary concepts and techniques leading to the advancement of capabilities and understanding of this com putational methodology. The topics covered in this symposium include mathematical and computational aspects, applications to solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, acoustics, electromagnetics, heat transfer, optimization, control, inverse problems and other interdisciplinary problems. Papers deal ing with the coupling of the boundary element method with other computational methods are also included. The editors hope that this volume presents some innovative techniques and useful knowl edge for the development of the boundary element methods. February, 1992 S. Kobayashi N. Nishimura Contents Abe, K.

Author : Dimitri Beskos,Giulio Maier
Publisher : Springer
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783709127902

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Boundary Element Advances in Solid Mechanics by Dimitri Beskos,Giulio Maier Pdf

This volume presents and discusses recent advances in boundary element methods and their solid mechanics applications. It illustrates these methods in their latest forms, developed during the last five to ten years, and demonstrates their advantages in solving a wide range of solid mechanics problems.

Author : C. A. Brebbia,J. C. F. Telles,L. C. Wrobel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642488603

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Boundary Element Techniques by C. A. Brebbia,J. C. F. Telles,L. C. Wrobel Pdf

VI SOCRATES: I think that we ought to stress that we will write only about things that we have first hand experience in, in a coherent way that will be useful to engineers and other scientists and stressing the formulation without being too mathematical. We should write with integrity and honesty, giving reference to other authors where reference is due, but avoiding mentioning everybody just to be certain that our book is widely advertised. Above all, the book should be clear and useful. PLATO: I think we should include a good discussion of fundamental ideas, of how integral equations are formed, pointing out that they are like two dimensional shadows of three dimensional objects, ... SOCRATES: Stop there! Remember you are not 'the' Plato! PLATO: Sorry, I was carried away. ARISTOTLE: I think that the book should have many applications so that the reader can learn by looking at them how to use the method. SOCRATES: I agree. But we should be careful. It is easy to include many illustra tions and examples in a book in order to disguise its meagre contents. All examples should be relevant. ARISTOTLE: And we should also include a full computer program to give the reader if so he wishes, a working experience of the technique.

Author : Dragan Poljak,C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781845640330

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Boundary Element Methods for Electrical Engineers by Dragan Poljak,C. A. Brebbia Pdf

Presents Boundary Element Method (BEM) in a simple fashion in order to help the beginner to understand the very basic principles of the method. This book initially derives BEM for the simplest potential problems, and subsequently builds on these to formulate BEM for a wide range of applications in electromagnetics.