We analyze the boundary element Galerkin method for weakly singular and hypersingular integral equations of the rst kind on open surfaces. We show that the hp-version of the Galerkin method with geometrically reened meshes converges exponentially fast for both integral equations. The proof of this fast convergence is based on the special structure of the solutions of the integral equations whic...

We review some recent results on multiwavelet methods for solving integral and partial differential equations and present an efficient representation of operators using discontinuous multiwavelet bases, including the case for singular integral operators. Numerical calculus using these representations produces fast O(N) methods for multiscale solution of integral equations when combined with low...

An integral equations method for a three-dimensional crack in a finite or infinite body is achieved by means of Kupradze potentials. Surface and through cracks can be studied according to this approach with only the assumption that the body has a linear, elastic, homogeneous and isotropic behavior. Both singular surface integrals and line integrals appear in the derived equations. For surface a...

The general Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) type weak-forms of the displacement & traction boundary integral equations are presented, for solids undergoing small deformations. Using the directly derived non-hyper singular integral equations for displacement gradients, simple and straight-forward derivations of weakly singular traction BIE's for solids undergoing small deformations are als...

The subject of this paper is the formulation of boundary integral equations for firstand second-order shape sensitivities of boundary elastic fields in three-dimensional bodies. Here the direct differentiation approach is considered. It relies on the repeated application of the material derivative concept to the governing regularized (i.e. weakly singular) displacement boundary integral equatio...

We describe a modified Nyström method for the discretization of the weakly singular boundary integral operators which arise from the formulation of linear elliptic boundary value problems as integral equations. Standard Nyström and collocation schemes proceed by representing functions via their values at a collection of quadrature nodes. Our method uses appropriately scaled function values in l...

We investigate scattering of time-harmonic electromagnetic waves by an anisotropic inhomogeneous medium. The problem is equivalently transformed into a system of strongly singular integral equations. Uniqueness and existence of a solution is shown and we examine the regularity of the solution by means of integral equations. We also prove the analyticity of the scattered eld with respect to the ...

The symmetry present in Green's functions is exploited to signi®cantly reduce the matrix assembly time for a Galerkin boundary integral analysis. A relatively simple modi®cation of the standard Galerkin implementation for computing the non-singular integrals yields a 20±30 per cent decrease in computation time. This faster Galerkin method is developed for both singular and hypersingular equatio...

The numerical analysis of boundary layer effect is one of the major concerned problems in boundary element method (BEM). The accuracy of this problem depends on the precision of the evaluation of the nearly singular integrals. In the boundary element analysis with direct formulation, the hyper-singular integral will arise from the potential derivative boundary integral equations (BIEs). Thus th...

High-accuracy numerical quadrature methods for integrals of singular periodic functions are proposed. These methods are based on the appropriate Euter Maclaurin expansions of trapezoidal rule approximations and their extrapolations. They are subsequently used to obtain accurate quadrature methods for the solution of singular and weakly singular Fredholm integral equations. Throughout the develo...