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The hp-BEM with quasi-uniform meshes for the electric field integral equation on polyhedral surfaces: a priori error analysis
This paper presents an a priori error analysis of the hp-version of the
boundary element method for the electric field integral equation on a piecewise
plane (open or closed) Lipschitz surface. We use H(div)-conforming
discretisations with Raviart-Thomas elements on a sequence of quasi-uniform
meshes of triangles and/or parallelograms. Assuming the regularity of the
solution to the electric field integral equation in terms of Sobolev spaces of
tangential vector fields, we prove an a priori error estimate of the method in
the energy norm. This estimate proves the expected rate of convergence with
respect to the mesh parameter h and the polynomial degree p
Natural hp-BEM for the electric field integral equation with singular solutions
We apply the hp-version of the boundary element method (BEM) for the
numerical solution of the electric field integral equation (EFIE) on a
Lipschitz polyhedral surface G. The underlying meshes are supposed to be
quasi-uniform triangulations of G, and the approximations are based on either
Raviart-Thomas or Brezzi-Douglas-Marini families of surface elements.
Non-smoothness of G leads to singularities in the solution of the EFIE,
severely affecting convergence rates of the BEM. However, the singular
behaviour of the solution can be explicitly specified using a finite set of
power functions (vertex-, edge-, and vertex-edge singularities). In this paper
we use this fact to perform an a priori error analysis of the hp-BEM on
quasi-uniform meshes. We prove precise error estimates in terms of the
polynomial degree p, the mesh size h, and the singularity exponents.Comment: 17 page
On the convergence of the hp-BEM with quasi-uniform meshes for the electric field integral equation on polyhedral surfaces
In this paper the hp-version of the boundary element method is applied to the electric field integral equation on a piecewise plane (open or closed) Lipschitz surface. The underlying meshes are supposed to be quasi-uniform. We use \bH(\div)-conforming discretisations with quadrilateral elements of Raviart-Thomas type and establish quasi-optimal convergence of hp-approximations. Main ingredient of our analysis is a new \tilde\bH^{-1/2}(\div)-conforming p-interpolation operator that assumes only \bH^r\cap\tilde\bH^{-1/2}(\div)-regularity () and for which we show quasi-stability with respect to polynomial degrees
The BEM with graded meshes for the electric field integral equation on polyhedral surfaces
We consider the variational formulation of the electric field integral
equation on a Lipschitz polyhedral surface . We study the Galerkin
boundary element discretisations based on the lowest-order Raviart-Thomas
surface elements on a sequence of anisotropic meshes algebraically graded
towards the edges of . We establish quasi-optimal convergence of
Galerkin solutions under a mild restriction on the strength of grading. The key
ingredient of our convergence analysis are new componentwise stability
properties of the Raviart-Thomas interpolant on anisotropic elements
Isogeometric Boundary Elements in Electromagnetism: Rigorous Analysis, Fast Methods, and Examples
We present a new approach to three-dimensional electromagnetic scattering
problems via fast isogeometric boundary element methods. Starting with an
investigation of the theoretical setting around the electric field integral
equation within the isogeometric framework, we show existence, uniqueness, and
quasi-optimality of the isogeometric approach. For a fast and efficient
computation, we then introduce and analyze an interpolation-based fast
multipole method tailored to the isogeometric setting, which admits competitive
algorithmic and complexity properties. This is followed by a series of
numerical examples of industrial scope, together with a detailed presentation
and interpretation of the results
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