THE HP-VERSION OF BEM-FAST CONVERGENCE,ADAPTIVITY AND EFFICIENT PRECONDITIONING  

作　　者：Ernst P.Stephan 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Applied Mathematics,Leibniz University Hannover,Germany

出　　处：《Journal of Computational Mathematics》2009年第2期348-359,共12页计算数学（英文）

摘　　要：In this survey paper we report on recent developments of the hp-version of the boundary element method （BEM）. As model problems we consider weakly singular and hypersingular integral equations of the first kind on a planar, open surface. We show that the Galerkin solutions （computed with the hp-version on geometric meshes） converge exponentially fast towards the exact solutions of the integral equations. An hp-adaptive algorithm is given and the implementation of the hp-version BEM is discussed together with the choice of efficient preconditioners for the ill-conditioned boundary element stiffness matrices. We also comment on the use of the hp-version BEM for solving Signorini contact problems in linear elasticity where the contact conditions are enforced only on the discrete set of Gauss-Lobatto points. Numerical results are presented which underline the theoretical results.In this survey paper we report on recent developments of the hp-version of the boundary element method （BEM）. As model problems we consider weakly singular and hypersingular integral equations of the first kind on a planar, open surface. We show that the Galerkin solutions （computed with the hp-version on geometric meshes） converge exponentially fast towards the exact solutions of the integral equations. An hp-adaptive algorithm is given and the implementation of the hp-version BEM is discussed together with the choice of efficient preconditioners for the ill-conditioned boundary element stiffness matrices. We also comment on the use of the hp-version BEM for solving Signorini contact problems in linear elasticity where the contact conditions are enforced only on the discrete set of Gauss-Lobatto points. Numerical results are presented which underline the theoretical results.

关 键 词：hp-version of the boundary element method Adaptive refinement PRECONDITIONING Signorini contact 

分 类 号：O175.5[理学—数学]