Transforming domain into boundary integrals in BEM. A generalized approach (Q4040136)

This interesting text addresses the important boundary element difficulty of dealing with body forces and general nonlinear domain contributions via boundary integrals only. The approach is based on a Fourier series expansion for the domain of functions (these can be general body forces or nonlinear terms such as inelastic strains) coupled with a term by term transformation into a series of boundary integrals. Potential and elasticity problems are discussed with emphasis on two-dimensional applications. The numerical aspects of the procedure are sufficiently clear and illustrate the generality of the idea for engineering problems.