Non-polynomial spline alternatives in Isogeometric Symmetric Galerkin BEM

The application of the Isogeometric Analysis (IgA) paradigm to Symmetric Galerkin Boundary Element Method (SGBEM) is investigated. In order to obtain a very flexible approach, the study is here developed by using non-polynomial spline functions to represent both the domain boundary and the approximate solution. The numerical comparison between IGA-SGBEM and both curvilinear and standard SGBEM approaches shows the general capability of the presented method to produce accurate approximate solutions with less degrees of freedom.