Comparison between continuous and discontinuous boundary elements in the multidomain dual reciprocity method for the solution of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations (Q5931857)

The aim of this study is to compare two kinds of linear isoparametric boundary elements in the multidomain dual reciprocity method for the solution of two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. A subdomain technique is used in which the integration domain is divided into small quadrilateral elements. The domain integrals that appear on each subdomain are converted into a series of boundary integrals by the dual reciprocity method with augumented thin plate splines as interpolation functions. Isoparametric linear discontinuous or linear continuous boundary elements are used for the edges of subdomains. The two types of boundary elements are compared, and numerical results are presented. It is observed that discontinuous boundary elements yield accurate solutions on coarse uniform meshes, while in the case of continuous elements denser non-uniform meshes are necessary for similar results.