A method for analyzing problems involving defects in lattices is presented. Special attention is paid to problems in which the lattice containing the defect is infinite, and the response in a finite zone adjacent to the defect is nonlinear. It is shown that lattice Green’s functions allow one to reduce such problems to algebraic problems whose size is comparable to that of the nonlinear zone. The proposed method is similar to a hybrid finite-boundary element method in which the interior nonlinear region is treated with a finite element method and the exterior linear region is treated with a boundary element method. Method details are explained using an anti-plane deformation model problem involving a cylindrical vacancy.
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