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Multi-level boundary element methods for steady heat diffusion in three-dimensions

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

We have recently developed a novel multi-level boundary element method (MLBEM) for steady heat diffusion in irregular two-dimensional domains (Numerical Heat Transfer, B: Fundamentals, 46: 329-356, 2004). This presentation extends the MLBEM methodology to three-dimensional problems. First, we outline a 3-D MLBEM formulation for steady heat diffusion and discuss the differences between multi-level algorithms for two and three dimensions. Then, we consider an example problem that involves heat conduction in a semi-infinite three-dimensional domain. We investigate the performance of the MLBEM formulation using a single-patch approach. The MLBEM algorithms are shown facilitate fast and accurate numerical solutions with no loss of the solution accuracy. More dramatic speed-ups can be achieved provided that patch-edge corrections are also evaluated using multi-level technique.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer Division 2005
Pages183-190
Number of pages8
Edition1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2005 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: Nov 5 2005Nov 11 2005

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD
Number1
Volume376 HTD
ISSN (Print)0272-5673

Conference

Conference2005 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period11/5/0511/11/05

Keywords

  • 3D formulations
  • Boundary element methods
  • Fast algorithms
  • Steady heat diffusion

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