A special boundary-element formulation for multiple-circular-hole problems in an infinite plate (Q801739)

A special boundary-element formulation is proposed to solve the multiple- circular-hole problems in an infinite plate. The main ideas of the proposed formulation are followed from two directions. The first formulation in which all the unknowns are taken from the boundary tractions, is like the boundary-element method. In the second, all the derivations of the solution are derived from the complex variable method of plane elasticity. Using the principle of superposition, a system of linear algebraic equations for the unknowns is established. Finally, several numerical examples are given.