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On the finite element solution of an exterior boundary value problem

Department of Mathematics, University of Reading, Reading, England
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering (impact factor: 2.01). 06/2005; 10(4):885 - 891. DOI:10.1002/nme.1620100415 pp.885 - 891

ABSTRACT This paper compares three methods for dealing with an exterior boundary value problem by the Finite Element Method, one of which involves using an infinite element. The methods are illustrated by application to the problem of ground water flow round a tunnel with permeable invert. The use of a special trial function with a variable parameter in the infinite element gives a particularly efficient method of solution.

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Keywords

efficient method
 
exterior boundary value problem
 
Finite Element Method
 
ground water flow
 
infinite element
 
permeable invert
 
special trial function
 
variable parameter
 

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