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An Element-Free Galerkin Coupled with Improved Infinite Element Method for Exterior Acoustic Problem

School of Energy and Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, P. R. China

Key Laboratory of High Performance Ship Technology, (Wuhan University of Technology), Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430063, P. R. China

E-mail Address: yxiang@whut.edu.cn

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Jiachi Yao

School of Energy and Power Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430063, P. R. China

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Shuai Wang

The Second Ship Design Institute of Wuhan, Wuhan 430063, P. R. China

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S2591728518500214Cited by:4 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

It is known that the variable-order infinite acoustic wave envelope element (WEE) must be coupled with finite element method (FEM) by element matching for computing acoustic field radiated from radiators with complex geometric shapes. Therefore, the WEEs have to be reconstructed when the finite elements are refined or changed. To overcome the shortcoming, the element-free Galerkin (EFG) coupled with improved WEE (IWEE) method is presented to compute acoustic problems in the infinite domain. The continuity and compatibility of the acoustic pressure are maintained by IWEE that is composed of a standard WEE and a fictitious finite mesh. A key feature of the method is the introduction of the EFG method which is employed to eliminate the element matching and improve the accuracy of predicted acoustic pressure. The factors that affect the performance of the method are investigated by numerical examples, which include shape function construction, the weight function and the size of the influence domain. The numerical results show that the present method provides more accurate results compared to the coupled FEM-WEE method. The experimental results show that the method is very flexible for acoustic radiation prediction in the infinite domain.

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