A second-kind Galerkin boundary element method for scattering at composite objects


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2015-03

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We consider the scattering of time-harmonic acoustic waves at objects composed of several homogeneous parts with different material properties. In Claeys (A single trace integral formulation of the second kind for acoustic scattering, 2011), a novel second-kind boundary integral formulation for this scattering problem was proposed, that relies on skeleton Cauchy data as unknowns. We recast it into a variational problem set in 𝐿2 and investigate its Galerkin boundary element discretization from a theoretical and algorithmic point of view. Empiric studies demonstrate the competitive accuracy and superior conditioning of the new approach compared to a widely used Galerkin boundary element approach based on a first-kind boundary integral formulation.

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55 (1)

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33 - 57

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Springer

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Acoustic scattering; Second-kind boundary integral equations; Galerkin boundary element methods; 65N12; 65N38; 65R20

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03632 - Hiptmair, Ralf / Hiptmair, Ralf check_circle

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It was possible to publish this article open access thanks to a Swiss National Licence with the publisher.

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