This paper describes the behaviour of a flap-type oscillating wave energy converter near a straight coast. The mathematical formulation is based on a linear potential flow model. Application of Green’s theorem to a semi-infinite fluid domain yields a hypersingular integral equation for the velocity potential which is solved using a series expansion of Chebyshev polynomials. Extremes in the hydr...

Applications of a new and efficient composite BIE formulation for 3-D acoustic problems are studied in this paper, based on an improved weakly-singular form of the hypersingular boundary integral equation (HBIE). This new form of the HBIE involves only tangential derivatives of the density function and thus its discretization using the boundary element method (BEM) is easier to perform. C conti...

The electrostatic interaction among molecules solvated in ionic solution is governed by the Poisson-Boltzmann equation (PBE). Here the hypersingular integral technique is used in a boundary element method (BEM) for the three-dimensional (3D) linear PBE to calculate the Maxwell stress tensor on the solvated molecular surface, and then the PB forces and torques can be obtained from the stress ten...

We introduce and analyze a Nitsche-based domain decomposition method for the solution of hypersingular integral equations. This method allows for discretizations with non-matching grids without the necessity of a Lagrangian multiplier, as opposed to the traditional mortar method. We prove its almost quasi-optimal convergence and underline the theory by a numerical experiment.

This is a review presenting an overview of the developments in boundary integral formulations of the acoustic scattering problems. Generally, the problem is formulated in one of two ways viz. Green’s representation formula, and the Layer-theoretic formulation utilizing either a simple-layer or a double-layer potential. The review presents and expounds the major contributions in this area over t...

This paper reviews recent developments in the application of the boundary element method (BEM) to muffler and silencer analysis. Initial results of modeling built-in catalyst converters are also presented. A so-called “direct mixed-body boundary element method” has been developed for muffler and silencer analysis since 1996. The idea of the method is to integrate all kinds of different boundary...

A preconditioning algorithm is developed in this paper for the iterative solution of the linear system of equations resulting from the p-version boundary element approximation of the three dimensional integral equation with hypersingular operators. The preconditioner is derived by first making the nodal and side basis functions locally orthogonal to the element internal bases, and then by decou...

We analyze the boundary element Galerkin method for weakly singular and hypersingular integral equations of the rst kind on open surfaces. We show that the hp-version of the Galerkin method with geometrically reened meshes converges exponentially fast for both integral equations. The proof of this fast convergence is based on the special structure of the solutions of the integral equations whic...