Boundary Element Analysis of Plates and Shells

The analysis of plates and shells under static and dynamic

loads is of greatinterest to scientists and engineers both

from the theoretical and the practical viewpoint. The Boun-

dary Element Method (BEM) has some distinct advantages over

domain techniques such as the Finite Difference Method (FDM)

and the Finite Element Method (FEM) for a wide class of

structuralanalysis problems. This is the first book to deal

specifically with the analysis of plates and shells by the

BEM and to cover all aspects of their behaviour, and combi-

nes tutorial and state-of-the-art articles on the BEM as ap-

plied to plates and shells. It aims to inform scientists and

engineers about the use and the advantages of this techni-

que, the most recent developments in the field and the per-

tinent literature for further study.