A selection of 29 papers covers advanced meshless and mesh reduction methods, advanced formulations, fluid flow, acoustics, electrical engineering and electromagnetics, and emerging applications. Among specific topics are a local regular dual reciprocity method for a two dimensional convection-diffusion equation, a coupling strategy between the boundary element methods and Kansa's method for acoustic analysis of heterogeneous media, a least squares solution applied to plate analysis using the traction boundary integral equation, the boundary element analysis of deformation and movement of a capsule and a red blood cell close to the wall, three-dimensional acoustic simulation inside closed rooms bounded by non-parallel floor and ceiling surfaces, and calculating the protective current density distribution of a cathode protection system with galvanic anodes in terms of double-layer electrolyte. The US office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This book contains papers presented at the Thirty Fourth International Conference on Boundary Elements and other Mesh Reduction Methods (BEM/MRM), recognised as the international forum for the latest advances of these methods and their applications in science and engineering. The success of the meeting, since the first conference took place in Southampton, UK, in 1978, is an indication of the strength of the research being carried out by many different groups around the world.This continuous growth is a result of the evolution of the techniques from methods based on classical integral equations to techniques now covering a wide variety of mathematical approaches, the main objective of which is to reduce or eliminate the mesh. The mesh, a concept inherited from more primitive methods, such as finite differences and finite elements, is alien to the solution of the problem and dictated only by the limitations of first generation analysis techniques.Topics covered include: Advanced meshless and mesh reduction methods, Electrical engineering and electromagnetics, Fluid flow, Heat and mass transfer, Advanced structural applications, Dynamics and vibrations, Damage mechanics and fracture, Material characterisation, Advanced formulations, Computational techniques, Stochastic modelling, Emerging applications.
