Numerical integration of logarithmic and nearly logarithmic singularity in BEMs

A new semi-analytical integration scheme is proposed for evaluation of logarithmically singular and/or nearly singular integrals occurring in 2D BEM formulations. Extensive numerical experiments are performed to study the accuracy by the proposed and other schemes of numerical integration. The accuracy of the numerical integration is almost exact even for curvilinear elements and the accuracy of numerical computation is determined by the accuracy of the approximation of the boundary density and geometry. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.