## Acoustic isogeometric boundary element analysis.(English)Zbl 1296.65175

Summary: An isogeometric boundary element method based on T-splines is used to simulate acoustic phenomena. We restrict our developments to low-frequency problems to establish the fundamental properties of the proposed approach. Using T-splines, the computer aided design (CAD) and boundary element analysis are integrated without recourse to geometry clean-up or mesh generation. A regularized Burton-Miller formulation is used resulting in integrals which are at most weakly singular. We employ a collocation-based approach to generate the linear system of equations. The method is verified against closed-form solutions and direct comparisons are made with conventional Lagrangian discretizations. It is demonstrated that the superior accuracy of the isogeometric approach emanates from the exact geometric description encapsulated in the T-spline. The method is then applied to a real-world application to illustrate the potential for integrated engineering design and analysis.

### MSC:

 65N38 Boundary element methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs 65D17 Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces)

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