Accession Number:

ADA043114

Title:

Mathematical Foundations of the Boundary-Integral Equation Method in Solid Mechanics.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

PRATT AND WHITNEY AIRCRAFT GROUP EAST HARTFORD CONN

Personal Author(s):

• Cruse,T. A.

Report Date:

1977-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

120.0

Abstract:

These notes provide the mathematical foundation for the boundary-integral equation method in computational solid mechanics. The basic ideas of potential theory are developed in both two- and three-dimensions. The equations of isotropic elastostatics, in indicial notation, are then expressed as integral equations involving only boundary information, and the numerical approximation of these equations is discussed. A current bibliography in the area of boundary-integral equations is included. Author

Descriptors:

• *STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
• *POTENTIAL THEORY
• ELASTIC PROPERTIES
• APPROXIMATION(MATHEMATICS)
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• GREENS FUNCTIONS
• INTEGRAL EQUATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE