We present several coupled finite and boundary element formulations for the vibro-acoustic simulation of completely immersed bodies such as submarines. All formulations are based on the different use of standard boundary integral equations. In addition to the well known symmetric coupling we discuss two different approaches which are based on the weakly singular boundary integral equation only.

We first review the basic existence results for exterior boundary value problems for the Helmholtz equation via boundary integral equations. Then we describe the numerical solution of these integral equations in two dimensions for a smooth boundary curve using trigonometric polynomials on an equidistant mesh. We provide a comparison of the NystrGm method, the collocation method and the Gale&in ...

This paper is concerned with weak solution of a mixed boundary value problem for the biharmonic equation in the plane. Using Green’s formula, the problem is converted into a system of Fredholm integral equations for the unknown data on different part of the boundary. Existence and uniqueness of the solutions of the system of boundary integral equations are established in appropriate Sobolev spa...

In order to overcome the difficulties of low computational efficiency and high memory requirement in the conventional boundary element method for solving large-scale potential problems, a fast multipole boundary element method for the problems of Laplace equation is presented. through the multipole expansion and local expansion for the basic solution of the kernel function of the Laplace equati...

This paper compares the hybrid FEM-BEM and FEM-DBCI methods for the solution of openboundary electrostatic field problems. Both methods couple a differential equation for the interior problem with an integral equation for the exterior one. The comparison shows that FEM-BEM is more accurate than FEM-DBCI but requires more computing time. PACS. 41.20.Cv Electrostatics; Poisson and Laplace equatio...