Presents recent formulations and numerical implementations of the boundary element method for solving problems in acoustics. Special attention is paid to efficiency and accuracy issues, frequency and time domain procedures, direct and indirect formulations, and hybrid as well as inverse techniques. Early chapters explain methodology and provide basic formulations of the direct and indirect boundary element method, with discussion of special algorithms to increase computational efficiency. Later chapters address special topics and advanced formulations, covering 2-D boundary element formulations, a hybrid boundary element method, and source strength reconstruction techniques. Final chapters address boundary element solutions for special problems and general applications. For acoustic engineers and researchers, applied mathematicians, and ocean engineers. Lacks a subject index. Estorff teaches engineering mechanics at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany. Distributed in North America by Computational Mechanics, Inc. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
