On a robust, object-oriented code for the implementation of conventional and hybrid boundary element methods

Abstract

The Boundary Element Method (BEM) is frequently used for the numerical solution of integral equations. A classification of different types of problems to be solved accounts for the dimension of the problem, the BEM approaches and the type of partial differential equation (PDE) for the problem under consideration. Usually, a program is written that solves a special problem wherein the fundamental solution, the dimension and the BE-method are fixed. To obtain a universal program with complete flexibility in choosing the dimension, method and fundamental solution the object-oriented approach seems to be very suitable. (orig.)Available from TIB Hannover: RR 6943(96/10) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekSIGLEDEGerman