Static and dynamic analysis for 3d problems of linear magneto-electro-elasticity using BEM

Magneto-electro-elastic materials have drawn increasing attention due to their magnetic-electric-mechanical coupling effect. They have the ability to convert the energy from one type to another and have a wide range of technical applications. This paper presents a Laplace domain direct boundary element formulation for static and transient dynamic problems of three-dimensional linear magneto-electro-elasticity. The standard contracted notation is used to express the coupled problem in the elastic-like fashion. The formulation is based on the displacement boundary integral equation. The Laplace transformed generalized fundamental solution is represented as a sum of singular and regular parts. Dynamic part is expressed as the surface integral over a half of a unit sphere and singular static part as an integral over a unit circumference. Classical collocation scheme is employed along with the mixed boundary elements for spatial discretization. The boundary is discretized with quadratic quadrilateral elements. Generalized displacements and tractions are approximated by linear and constant shape functions in each boundary element. In order to accelerate the integration process, regular dynamic parts of the fundamental solutions and their spatial derivatives are interpolated over a boundary element. Time domain solutions are retrieved via a numerical inversion technique. Two numerical examples are presented: static behaviour of the rectangular prism under prescribed tension and transient response of the unit cube under uniform uniaxial impact loading. A convergence study is presented for the dynamic problem and excellent agreement with the analytical solution is achieved for the static problem.