Special Session 68: Recent advances on interfaces dynamics modeling, simulation and applications

A Cartesian grid method for nonhomogeneous elliptic interface problems on unbounded domains

Wenjun Ying
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Peoples Rep of China
Co-Author(s):    Wenjun Ying
Abstract:
We will present a Cartesian grid based fast and accurate method for indirectly evaluating boundary and volume integrals in a boundary-volume integral approach for nonhomogeneous elliptic interface problems on unbounded domains. The indirect calculation is done by solving equivalent but simple interface problems. We accelerate the computation by introducing an intermediate, transitional circle or sphere and taking advantages of super-convergent numerical quadrature or series expansion on circles/spheres. We first map the boundary or volume integral on the irregular boundary or domain to the intermediate circle/sphere; then evaluate the boundary integral on the intermediate circle/sphere to get boundary conditions for the simple interface problem. We will also show numerical results of examples in both two and three space dimensions.