An Advanced ACA/BEM for Solving 2D Large-Scale Elastic Problems with Multi-Connected Domains
T. Gortsas1, S.V. Tsinopoulos2, D. Polyzos1,3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.107, No.4, pp. 321-343, 2015, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2015.107.321
Abstract An advanced Boundary Element method (BEM) accelerated via Adaptive Cross Approximation (ACA) and Hierarchical Matrices (HM) techniques is presented for the solution of large-scale elastostatic problems with multi-connected domains like in fiber reinforced composite materials. Although the proposed ACA/ BEM is demonstrated for two-dimensional (2D) problems, it is quite general and it can be used for 3D problems. Different forms of ACA technique are employed for exploring their efficiency when they combined with a BEM code. More precisely, the fully and partially pivoted ACA with and without recompression are utilized, while the solution of the More >