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Implementation of sinh method in integration space for boundary integrals with near singularity in potential problems

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As a widely used numerical method, boundary element method (BEM) is efficient for computer aided engineering (CAE). However, boundary integrals with near singularity need to be calculated accurately and efficiently to implement BEM for CAE analysis on thin bodies successfully. In this paper, the distance in the denominator of the fundamental solution is first designed as an equivalent form using approximate expansion and the original sinh method can be revised into a new form considering the minimum distance and the approximate expansion. Second, the acquisition of the projection point by Newton-Raphson method is introduced. We acquire the nearest point between the source point and element edge by solving a cubic equation if the location of the projection point is outside the element, where boundary integrals with near singularity appear. Finally, the subtriangles of the local coordinate space are mapped into the integration space and the sinh method is applied in the integration space. The revised sinh method can be directly performed in the integration element. Averification test of our method is proposed. Results demonstrate that our method is effective for regularizing the boundary integrals with near singularity.

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    Guizhong Xie, Dehai Zhang, Fannian Meng, Wenliao Du & Xiaoyu Wen

  2. State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

    Dehai Zhang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Design and Manufacturing for Vehicle Body, College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Jianming Zhang

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Xie, G., Zhang, D., Zhang, J. et al. Implementation of sinh method in integration space for boundary integrals with near singularity in potential problems. Front. Mech. Eng. 11, 412–422 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11465-016-0396-8

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