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  Contents
 
Section 1 BEM in Portugal
  The BEM at the Constructions Lab in the University of Coimbra; On the verification of a potential based low order boundary element method for incompressible flows; Numerical modelling of OWC wave-power plants of the oscillating water column type; Scattering by cracks: Numerical simulations using a boundary finite element method; Thermo-mechanical analysis of metal forming processes through a combined finite element boundary element approach
 
Section 2 Meshless methods
  Boundary meshfree methods based on the boundary point interpolation methods; The method of fundamental solutions for solving Poisson problems; Solution of Poisson equation by Trefftz method; On methods for solving the Dirichlet problem for Poisson’s equation; Accurately solving the Poisson equation by combining multiscale radial basis functions and Gaussian quadrature; A meshless boundary element technique based on multi-level iterated Helmholtz-type interpolation; Polynomial particular solutions for Poisson problems; Some recent advances on the RBF; A meshless computational method for solving inverse heat conduction problems; Mesh-free method for groundwater modelling; Sound transmission through inhomogeneous waveguides; The use of radial basis functions for one-dimensional structural analysis problems

 
Section 3 Plates and shells
  Hierarchical plate modelling by boundary elements; Stability analysis of laminate plates by the boundary element method; Boundary element stress analysis of plates on 2 parameter foundation under generalized loading; Ponding on floating membranes; Integral equation method for cylindrical shell under axisymmetric loads; A strategy to perform the Reissner-Mindlin’s theory
 
Section 4 Advanced formulations
  BIE and Trefftz approximation; The hybrid boundary element method applied to functionally graded materials; A non-singular hybrid boundary element formulation incorporating a higher order fundamental solution; The BEM formulation of the distinct element method; A study on the source point locations in the method of fundamental solution; Two multipole alternatives based on Taylor series expansions for 3D BEM elasticity formulation; Implementation of the slip-weakening model in a Displacement Discontinuity Method based numerical technique; Boundary element analysis of hyper-elastic elastomeric materials

 
Section 5 Dual reciprocity method
  A boundary element method using DRM for nonlinear heat conduction problems; The Laplace transform dual reciprocity boundary element method for nonlinear transient field problems; The dual reciprocity method for solving biharmonic problems; Dual reciprocity formulation for elasticity problems using compact supported radial basis functions; An improved DRM representation of partial derivatives
 
Section 6 Acoustics
  Acoustic insulation provided by a single elastic wall dividing a tunnel calculated via BEM; The prediction of sound vibration from a cylindrical double-shell by FEM and BEM; Pressure field variation analysis for the detection of submerged rigid pipelines
 
Section 7 Electrostatics & electromagnetics
  Modeling the experimental environment for shipboard ICCP systems; Transient radiation of a thin wire antenna buried in a dielectric half space; Galerkin-Bubnov boundary element analysis of the Yagi-Uda array; Deposition of small dust particles on distorted liquid droplets in an electric field; Optimisation of the performance of an ICCP system by changing current supplied and position of the anode
 
Section 8 Transport and fluid problem
  BEM for natural convection in non-Newtonian fluid saturated porous cavity; Analysis of sedimentation in viscous suspensions using the BEM; 2D BEM modelling of a singular thermal diffusion free boundary problem with phase change
 
Section 9 Wave propagation problems
  Alternating direction method for the external Helmholtz equation; Wave propagation analysis in the frequency domain: initial conditions contribution; Multidirectional random waves in a harbour with partially reflecting boundaries; Boundary element and experimental solutions to water motion of incident waves against quadrilateral breakwaters; Analysis of scattering waves in an elastic layered medium caused by a scattering object and a plane incident wave; 3D Wave propagation analysis of infinite ring-shaped structures submerged in a fluid medium; Modeling seaquakes using biem
 
Section 10 Stress analysis
  Seismic behaviour of tunnels in random soils by the SBEM; Equlibrium problems in elastic-plastic torsion; Comparison of current methods for polymer analysis by boundary elements; Modelling crack characteristics by boundary elements; Comparing the conventional displacement, first-kind and second-kind BIEs in frictionless contact problems
 
Section 11 Composite materials
  Localization of macroprperties of compact bone tissue by the BEM; Boundary element analysis for a stress singularity field near a vertex in two-phase transversely isotropic materials
 
Section 12 Inverse problems
 

The solution of the two-dimensional Stokes equations; Geometrical sensitivity of the hypersingular boundary integral equation: application to crack identification; Determination of local electrical impedance by the resolution of an inverse problem with the boundary element method

 
Section 13 Computational techniques
  A parallel domain decomposition method for parabolic partial differential equations; Elasto-hydrodynamic analysis of bearings by coupling boundary element and finite difference methods; Interface relaxation algorithms for coupling the FEM and BEM; Tests for multiple materials problems; Fast evaluation of domain integrals in complex geometrics