An advanced boundary integral equation method for three‐dimensional thermoelasticity

Abstract

Abstract The features of an advanced numerical solution capability for boundary value problems of linear, homogeneous, isotropic, steady‐state thermoelasticity theory are outlined. The influence on the stress field of thermal gradient, or comparable mechanical body force, is shown to depend on surface integrals only. Hence discretization for numerical purposes is confined to body surfaces. Several problems are solved, and verification of numerical procedures is obtained by comparison with accepted results from the literature.