Sheng Zhang, University of South Carolina


A Mortar element method for coupling BEM and FEM for unbounded domain problem


Abstract: Mortar element method is a useful tool to couple different numerical methods on different subdomains for the purpose of combining the advantages of these numerical methods and overcoming their disadvantages. As a simple example, a mortar element method is described for coupling boundary element method (BEM) and finite element method (FEM) to deal with the unbounded domain problem. Error estimate and numerical results with some interesting insight for practical computation are presented.


Advisor: Dr. Qi Wang (University of South Carolina)