This book contains the edited proceedings of the 29th World Conference on Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods, an internationally recognised forum for the dissemination of the latest advances on Mesh Reduction Techniques and their applications in sciences and engineering. The range of topics included in this volume are as follows: Advances in Mesh Reduction; Meshless Methods Techniques; Dual Reciprocity Method, Modified Trefftz Method; Fundamental Solution Method; Damage Mechanics and Fracture; Advanced Stress Analysis and Structural Applications; Plates and Shells; Dynamics and Vibrations; Material Characterisation; Acoustics; Heat and mass Transfer; Fluid Mechanics Applications; Wave Propagation; Inverse Problems and Computational Techniques.

This volume contains papers from the World Conference on Boundary Elements and other Mesh Reduction Methods, an internationally recognized forum for the dissemination of the latest advances on Mesh Reduction Techniques and their applications in sciences and engineering. The book publishes articles dealing with computational issues and software developments in addition to those of a more theoretical nature. Engineers and scientists within the areas of numerical analysis, boundary elements and meshless methods will find the text invaluable. Topics include: Advances in Mesh Reduction Methods; Meshless Techniques; Advanced Formulations; Dual Reciprocity Method; Modified Trefftz Method; Fundamental Solution Method; Damage Mechanics and Fracture; Advanced Structural Applications; Dynamics and Vibrations; Material Characterization; Acoustics; Electrical Engineering and Electromagnetics; Heat and Mass Transfer; Fluid Mechanics Problems; Wave Propagation; Inverse Problems and Computational Techniques.

Presents Boundary Element Method (BEM) in a simple fashion in order to help the beginner to understand the very basic principles of the method. This book initially derives BEM for the simplest potential problems, and subsequently builds on these to formulate BEM for a wide range of applications in electromagnetics.

The sub-domain techniques in the BEM are nowadays finding its place in the toolbox of numerical modellers, especially when dealing with complex 3D problems. We see their main application in conjunction with the classical BEM approach, which is based on a single domain, when part of the domain needs to be solved using a single domain approach, the classical BEM, and part needs to be solved using a domain approach. This has usually been done in the past by coupling the BEM with the FEM, however, it is much more efficient to use a combination of the BEM and a BEM sub-domain technique. The advantage arises from the simplicity of coupling the single domain and multi-domain solutions, and from the fact that only one formulation needs to be developed, rather than two separate formulations based on different techniques. There are still possibilities for improving the BEM sub-domain techniques. However, considering the increased interest and research in this approach we believe that BEM sub-domain techniques will become a logical choice in the future substituting the FEM whenever an efficient solution requires coupling of the BEM with a domain technique.

The proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods, an internationally recognized forum for the dissemination of the latest advances on mesh reduction techniques and their applications in science and engineering.

The Conference on Boundary Elements and Mesh Reduction Methods (BEM/MRM) is recognised as the international forum for the latest advances in these techniques and their applications in science and engineering. Launched in 1978 the Conference continues to attract original contributions and has become the forum for their rapid dissemination throughout the international scientific community. Practically all new boundary element ideas have first appeared in the proceedings of these meetings.

Since its origin in 1978, the International Conference on Boundary Element Methods has provided the recognized and established forum for innovations in boundary element research. Practically all new ideas on boundary ele ments have been presented at these conferences and the resulting papers can be found in the published books. The conference brings together the most renowned scientists and engineers working on boundary element research throughout the world. A unique feature of these meetings is that the participation of younger researchers is actively encouraged by the organizers in an effort to .bring forward to the attention of the international community an ever expanding range of new ideas. This book contains the edited version of the papers presented at the XIIIth BEM Conference held in Tulsa, Oklahoma in August of 1991. The meeting attracted a large number of participants and many excellent contributions which have been divided into nineteen different sections, i.e. Potential Prob lems; Diffusion and Convection Problems; Fluid Mechanics; Fluid Flow; Wave Propagation; Groundwater Flow; Heat Transfer; Electrical Problems; Geomechanics; Plates and Shells; Inelastic Problems; Damage Tolerance; Contact Mechanics; Industrial Applications; Design Sensitivity and Opti mization; Inverse Problems; Special Techniques; Numerical Aspects and Computational Aspects.