Comparação de desempenho entre a formulação direta do método dos elementos de contorno com funções radiais e o método dos elementos finitos em problemas de Poisson e Helmholtz

Abstract

This present work aims to evaluate the performance of DIBEM (Direct Interpolation Boundary Element Method) for solving the integral term relative to inertia in the Helmholtz equation and thus allow the modeling of the eigenvalue problem as calculating the natural frequencies, comparing it with the results obtained by FEM (Finite Element Method), generated by the classical Galerkin formulation. In the first instance, will be addressed some problems governed by the Poisson equation, allowing start the performance comparison between the numerical methods discussed here. The resolved issues apply in different and important areas of engineering such as in heat transfer, electromagnetics and in particular elastic problems. In numerical terms, it knows of the difficulties in accurate approximation of more complex distributions of loads, sources or drain within the domain to any technical boundary. However, this work shows that despite these difficulties, the performance of the Boundary Element Method is superior in both the calculation of the basic variable, as in its derived. For this purpose, referring to two-dimensional elastic membranes, efforts bars own weight and due to problems of determination of natural frequencies in acoustic problems in closed areas, presented among others, using screens with different degrees of refinement are resolved, as well as linear elements with radial basis functions DIBEM the base and polynomial interpolation of degree (one) for the MEF functions. Performance curves are generated by calculating the average percentage error for each loop, showing the convergence and accuracy of each method. The results are also compared with the analytical solutions, where available, for each example solved this work.