Boundary element method for magneto-electro-elastic laminates

A boundary integral formulation and its numerical implementation are presented for theanalysis of magneto-electro-elastic media. The problem is formulated by using a suitable set ofgeneralized variables. The governing boundary integral equation is obtained by generalizing thereciprocity theorem to the magneto-electro-elasticity. The fundamental solutions are calculatedthrough a modified Lekhnitskii’s approach, reformulated in terms of generalized magneto-electroelasticdisplacements. To assess the reliability and effectiveness of the formulation, some numericalanalyses have been carried out and the convergence of the method has been studied. Themultidomain approach has been developed for the analysis of multilayered structures. Obtainednumerical results show good agreement with those found in the literature.