ENGINEERING ANALYSIS WITH BOUNDARY ELEMENTS

ObjectivesThis journal is specifically dedicated to the dissemination of the latest developments of new engineering analysis techniques using boundary elements and other mesh reduction methods.

Boundary element (BEM) and mesh reduction methods (MRM) are very active areas of research with the techniques being applied to solve increasingly complex problems. The journal stresses the importance of these applications as well as their computational aspects, reliability and robustness.

The main criteria for publication will be the originality of the work being reported, its potential usefulness and applications of the methods to new fields.

In addition to regular issues, the journal publishes a series of special issues dealing with specific areas of current research.

The journal has, for many years, provided a channel of communication between academics and industrial researchers working in mesh reduction methods.

Fields covered* Boundary Element Methods (BEM)* Mesh Reduction Methods (MRM)* Meshless Methods* Integral Equations* Applications of BEM/MRM in Engineering* Numerical Methods Related to BEM/MRM * Computational Techniques* Combination of Different Methods* Advanced Formulations

Founding EditorProfessor C. A. BREBBIAWessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst, Southampton, UKEditor-in-ChiefProfessor Alexander H.-D. ChengUniversity of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA

Editorial BoardD.E. Beskos University of Patras, Patras, Greece

W. ChenHohai University, Jiangsu Province, China

P. DinevaBulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

E. DivoUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

J. DominguezUniversidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

N. DumontPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

O. von Estorff Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany

A. GalybinInstitute of Physics of the Earth (The Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow, Russia

X. Gao Dalian University of Technology, China

H.L. Gaul Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

L.M.C. GodinhoUniversity of Coimbra, Portugal

S.T. Grilli University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, NY, USA

Y.C. Hon City University of Hong Kong, Hong KongM. ItagakiHokkaido University, Sappora, Japan E.J. KansaConvergent Solutions, LLC, Livermore, CaliforniaD.L. KarabalisUniversity of Patras, Patras, GreeceA. KarageorghisUniversity of Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusJ.T. KatsikadelisNational Technical University of Athens, GreeceM. KindelánUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, SpainE. LeonelUniversity of São Paulo, BrazilD. LesnicUniversity of Leeds, Leeds, UKL. LingHong Kong Baptist University, HongKongG.R. LiuUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USAY.J. LiuUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USAG. ManolisAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

L. MarinInstitute of Solid Mechanics, Romanian Academy, Romania

N. Nishimura Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

A.J. Nowak Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

K. OnishiIbaraki University, Mito, Japan

J.B. de PaivaUniversity of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

L. Palermo JrUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil

E. PanThe University of Akron, Akron, OH, USA

A. PerattaWessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst, Southampton, UK

D. PoljakUniversity of Split, Split, Croatia

V. PopovWessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst, Southampton, UK

C. PozrikidisUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

Q. QinAustralian National University, Australia

J. RavnikUniversity of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia

J.J. RencisTennessee Technology University, Cookeville, TN, USA

T.J. RudolphiIowa State University, Iowa, USA

V. Sladek Slovensá Akadémia Vie (SAV), Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

E. Strelnikova National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Kharkiv, Ukraine

S. Syngellakis Wessex Institute of Technology, Southampton, UK

A.J.B. Tadeu Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

T. Tran-CongUniversity of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

J. TrevelyanDurham University, UK

L.C. Wrobel Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK

T.W. Wu University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

B.W. YeighState University of New York Institute of Technology(SUNYIT), New York, USA

Editors Professor M. BonnetENSTA, UMA, Paris, FranceProfessor J.-T. Chen National Taiwan Ocean University, Keeling, Taiwan, ROC Professor Alain J. KassabUniversity of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USAProfessor V.M.A. LeitãoUniversidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Professor T. Matsumoto Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Professor H. Power University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UKProfessor L. Skerget University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia Professor Z. Yao Tsinghua University, Beijing, China