Helmholtz decomposition and boundary element method applied to dynamic linear elastic problems

DOI10.1007/S10659-018-09710-YzbMATH Open1425.74498arXiv1806.01995OpenAlexW3100024651WikidataQ128774296 ScholiaQ128774296MaRDI QIDQ2010706FDOQ2010706

Authors: Qiang Sun, Derek Y. C. Chan, Evert Klaseboer 

Publication date: 27 November 2019

Published in: Journal of Elasticity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The displacement field for three dimensional dynamic elasticity problems in the frequency domain can be decomposed into a sum of a longitudinal and a transversal part known as a Helmholtz decomposition. The Cartesian components of both the longitudinal and transverse fields satisfy scalar Helmholtz equations that can be solved using a desingularized boundary element method (BEM) framework. The curl free longitudinal and divergence free transversal conditions can also be cast as additional scalar Helmholtz equations. When compared to other BEM implementations, the current framework leads to smaller matrix dimensions and a simpler conceptual approach. The numerical implementation of this approach is benchmarked against the 3D elastic wave field generated by a rigid vibrating sphere embedded in an infinite linear elastic medium for which the analytical solution has been derived. Examples of focussed 3D elastic waves generated by a vibrating bowl-shaped rigid object with convex and concave surfaces are also considered. In the static zero frequency limit, the Helmholtz decomposition becomes non-unique, and both the longitudinal and transverse components contain divergent terms that are proportional to the inverse square of the frequency. However, these divergences are equal and opposite so that their sum, that is the displacement field that reflects the physics of the problem, remains finite in the zero frequency limit.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.01995

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zbMATH Keywords

Helmholtz equationNavier equationdesingularized boundary element methodharmonic waves in the frequency domain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Classical linear elasticity (74B05) Boundary element methods applied to problems in solid mechanics (74S15) Boundary element methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M38)

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