An efficient bem solution for three-dimensional transient heat conduction
This paper presents a computationally efficient numerical solution scheme to solve transient heat conduction problems using the boundary element method (BEM) without volume discretization. Traditionally, a transient solution using BEM is very computer intensive due to the excessive numerical integra...
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Published in | International journal of numerical methods for heat & fluid flow Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 327 - 340 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Bradford
MCB UP Ltd
01.05.1995
Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | This paper presents a computationally efficient numerical solution
scheme to solve transient heat conduction problems using the boundary element
method (BEM) without volume discretization. Traditionally, a
transient solution using BEM is very computer intensive due to the
excessive numerical integration requirements at each time increment. In the
present work a numerical solution scheme based on the separation of time and
space integrals in the boundary integral equation through the use of an
appropriate series expansion of the integrand (incomplete gamma
function) is presented. The space integrals are evaluated only once in
the beginning and within each time increment the additional integrals are
obtained from the previously evaluated space integrals by a simple
calculation. Three-dimensional applications are provided to compare
the proposed strategy with that used traditionally. The CPU requirements are
reduced substantially. The solution scheme presented allows for dynamically
changing the time step size as the solution evolves. This feature is not
practical in the traditional schemes based on boundary discretization
only. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0961-5539 1758-6585 |
DOI: | 10.1108/EUM0000000004069 |