AN ADAPTIVE SUCCESSIVE OVER RELAXATION DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION BY THE BOUNDARY SPECTRAL STRIP METHOD

In the present paper a new adaptive successive over relaxation domain decomposition technique is developed for the boundary spectral strip method. The proposed scheme is based on dividing the overall domain of the problem into several subdomains. First each of the subdomains in the BIEM matrices is analysed independently. These matrices together with an arbitrary initial guess of displacements on the interface of each two neighbouring subdomains, enable an iterative and a very efficient solution of the whole problem. An adaptive procedure, based on comparing two norms along the interface of subregions, is carried out to impose successive over relaxation convergence. Numerical results comparing the present scheme with single domain solutions emphasize the capability of the proposed technique regarding accuracy and computational efforts. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.