Finite-Element Modelling of Unbounded Media

John P. Wolf (Author), Chongmin Song (Author)

9780471961345, Wiley

Hardback, published 10 June 1996

352 pages
25.1 x 17.9 x 2.6 cm, 0.794 kg

Dynamic unbounded medium-structure interactions occur in manyfields of engineering and physical science, such as wavepropagation in soil-structure and fluid-structure interactions,acoustics and electromagnetism and as diffusion in heat conductionand consolidation. This book presents three novel concepts, basedon the finite-element methodology, to model the unboundedmedium:
* The consistent infinitesimal finite-element cell method, aboundary finite-element procedure, requires the discretization ofthe structure-medium interface only and is exact in thefinite-element sense. It is applied to unbounded media governed bythe hyperbolic, parabolic and elliptic differentialequations.
* The damping-solvent extraction method permits the analysis of abounded medium only.
* The doubly-asymptotic multi-directional transmitting boundary isexact for the low- and high-frequency limits at preselected wavepropagation directions.
All concepts are explained using simple examples that the readercan follow step by step. A computer program of the consistentinfinitesimal finite-element cell method available on disk analysestwo- and three-dimensional unbounded and bounded media for thescalar and vector wave equations and the diffusion equation in thefrequency and time domains.

Partial table of contents:

SIMILARITY-BASED FORMULATION FOR UNIT-IMPULSE RESPONSE AND DYNAMICSTIFFNESS.

Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration Unit-Impulse Response withDynamic Stiffness and Rational Approximation.

Forecasting Method.

Consistent Infinitesimal Finite-Element Cell Method Applied toBounded Medium.

DAMPING-SOLVENT EXTRACTION FOR DYNAMIC STIFFNESS AND INTERACTIONFORCE.

Fundamentals of Damping-Solvent Extraction Method.

DOUBLY-ASYMPTOTIC MULTI-DIRECTIONAL TRANSMITTING BOUNDARY.

Concept and Numerical Implementation of Doubly-AsymptoticMulti-Directional Transmitting Boundary.

Accuracy and Modelling Procedure of Doubly-AsymptoticMulti-Directional Transmitting Boundary.

Appendices.

References.

Index.

Subject Areas: Mechanical engineering & materials [TG]