Correction Factors in Series Solutions for One- and Two-Dimensional Boundary Value Problems |
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Authors: | Hota V. S. GangaRao Woraphot Prachasaree |
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Affiliation: | 1Director of Constructed Facilities Center and Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV 26506-6103 (corresponding author). E-mail: hota.gangarao@mail.wvu.edu 2Instructor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkla Univ., Hatyai, Songkla 90110, Thailand. E-mail: woraphotp@yahoo.com
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Abstract: | A Fourier cum polynomial series solution with correction factors is presented herein for differential equations with variable coefficients. The differential equations correspond to a wide range of boundary value problems. The correction factors included herein are: (1) modified Lanczos correction; (2) Bessel J; and (3) loading correction factor. These correction factors are introduced in terms of Fourier and polynomial series. The main purpose of using correction factors through a set of series is to improve convergence of the proposed solution, using the first two terms of the series. For the loading correction factor, a Fourier series expansion coupled with orthogonality conditions leads to evaluating undetermined Fourier coefficients of arbitrarily applied loads using concepts of summation equations. Representative boundary value problems are provided to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the first two terms of the proposed solution with correction factors. |
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Keywords: | Beams Plates Finite element method Fourier series Two-dimensional analysis |
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