Abstract
This paper discusses an application of FMM (Fast Multipole Method) using Wigner-3jsymbols to the BIE (Boundary Integral Equation) analysis of the three dimensional scattering of elastic waves by a crack. The boundary integral equation is discretised with piecewise constant shape functions. The resulting algebraic equation is solved with preconditioned GMRES (Generalised Minimun RESidual method). It is shown that FMM is more efficient than the conventional BIEM (Boundary Integral Equation Method) when the number of unknowns is larger than several thousands.
