Plate bending analysis with hr-adaptive boundary elements

An adaptive scheme for the boundary element method (BEM), based on an error estimate using a sample point error analysis, is applied to a bending prob lem for a thin elastic plate. Both the boundary element refinement and relo cation, i.e. the h- and r-version adaptive schemes, are implemented by empl oying the non-dimensional error indicator proposed in the present paper. Ef fectiveness of the proposed adaptive strategy for the boundary element plat e bending analysis is demonstrated through some numerical applications of p late bending. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.