简介:AfiniteelementmethodforthesolutionofOseenequationinexteriordomainisproposed.Inthismethod,acircularartificialboundaryisintroducedtomakethecomputationaldomainfinite.Then,theexactrelationbetweenthenormalstressandtheprescribedvelocityfieldontheartificialboundarycanbeobtainedanalytically.Thisrelationcanserveasanboundaryconditionfortheboundaryvalueproblemdefinedonthefinitedomainboundedbytheartificialboundary.Numericalexperimentispresentedtodemonstratetheperformanceofthemethod.