Hierarchical matrices for 3D Helmholtz problems in the multi-patch IgA-BEM setting
摘要
In this paper we consider 3D interior and exterior Helmholtz problems, reformulated in terms of a boundary integral equation (BIE). For their numerical solution, we rely on a collocation boundary element method (BEM) formulated in the general framework of isogeometric analysis (IgA-BEM), adopting in particular conforming multi-patch discretizations. As is well known, all BEM matrices are non-symmetric when collocation is adopted and in any case they are fully populated, a drawback that prevents the application of this strategy to large-scale realistic problems. As a possible remedy to reduce the global complexity of the method, we propose a numerical scheme relying on the hierarchical matrix (