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Weak Coupling of the Symmetric Galerkin BEM with FEM for Potential and Elastostatic Problems
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering, University of Trento, Italy.
Structural Department, EnginSoft, Bergamo, Italy.
Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2006, 13(1), 67-80. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2006.013.067
Abstract
With reference to potential and elastostatic problems, a BEM-FEM coupling procedure, based on the symmetric Galerkin version of the BEM, is developed; the continuity conditions at the interface of the BE and FE subdomains are enforced in weak form; the global linear system is characterized by a symmetric coefficient matrix. The procedure is numerically tested with reference first to 2D potential problems and successively to 3D elastoplastic problems (with plastic strains confined to the FE subdomain).Keywords
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