Publisher's Synopsis
These proceedings review the latest developments in boundary element methods and point out new advances and future trends. Rapid progress in these methods and applications makes it essential to discuss these developments every year. The emphasis in these volumes is on engineering advances, applications in practical problems, new directions in boundary element research and fundamentals of the method. The volumes also include a series of invited lectures given by boundary element researchers at the forefront of advanced application and a few review lectures to summarize boundary element progress in a particular field.