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Bernstein - Bézier based finite elements for efficient solution of short wave problems

El Kacimi, A.; Laghrouche, O.; Mohamed, M.S.; Trevelyan, J.

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Authors

A. El Kacimi

O. Laghrouche

M.S. Mohamed



Abstract

In this work, the Bernstein-Bézier Finite Element Method (BBFEM) is implemented to solve short wave problems governed by the Helmholtz equation on unstructured triangular mesh grids. As for the hierarchical Finite Element (FE) approach, this high order FE method benefits from the use of static condensation which is an efficient tool for reducing the total number of degrees of freedom and bandwidth of high order FE global matrices. The performance of BBFEM with static condensation (BBFEMs) is assessed via three benchmark problems and compared to that of the Partition of Unity Finite Element Method (PUFEM) in terms of accuracy, conditioning and memory requirement. Numerical results dealing with problems of Hankel sources interference and wave scattering by a rigid cylinder on quasi-uniform mesh grids indicate that BBFEMs is able to achieve a better accuracy but PUFEM is slightly better conditioned when the wave is not well resolved. However, with a sufficient wave resolution, BBFEMs is better conditioned than PUFEM. Results from L-shaped domain problem, with non quasi-uniform mesh grids, show that the conditioning of BBFEMs remains reasonable while PUFEM with large numbers of enriching plane waves on mesh grids locally well resolved leads to ill-conditioning.

Citation

El Kacimi, A., Laghrouche, O., Mohamed, M., & Trevelyan, J. (2019). Bernstein - Bézier based finite elements for efficient solution of short wave problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 343, 166-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2018.07.040

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 29, 2018
Online Publication Date Sep 5, 2018
Publication Date Sep 1, 2019
Deposit Date Aug 6, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
Print ISSN 0045-7825
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 343
Pages 166-185
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2018.07.040

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