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Fast Multipole Boundary Element Analysis of Corrosion Problems

by S.Aoki¹, A.Nakayama⁴

1 Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Toyo University, 2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8585, Japan.
2 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
3 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo.
4 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo.

Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences 2004, 6(2), 123-132. https://doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2004.006.123

Abstract

The Fast Multipole Boundary Element Method(FMBEM) which is suitable for a large scale computation is applied to corrosion analysis. Many techniques of the FMBEM on the potential problems can be usefully employed. Additionally, some procedures are developed for corrosion analysis. To cope with the non-linearity due to the polarization curve, the Bi-CGSTAB iterative method which is commonly used in the FMBEM is modified. To solve infinite domain problems, the M₀⁰ which is obtained naturally in the multipole expansion is conveniently used. A pipe element for the FMBEM is developed. A couple of example problems are solved to show the applicability of the FMBEM to corrosion problems.

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