Abstract

The article presents an exact version of the boundary element method, in particular, the fictitious load method used to solve boundary value and boundary-contact problems of elasticity. The method is developed in the polar coordinate system. The circular boundary of the area limited with the coordinate axes of this system is divided not into small segments like in case of a standard boundary element method (BEM), but into small arcs, while the linear part of the boundary divides into small segments. In such a case, the considered area can be described more accurately than when it divides into small segments, and as a result, a more accurate solution of the problem is obtained. Two test boundary-contact problems were solved by using a boundary element method developed in the polar coordinate system (PCSBEM), and the obtained numerical values are presented as tables and graphs.