Boundary Element Methods in Solid Mechanics

Abstract

eluding summaries of 28 invited lectures.The complete texts of the invited lectures will appear in a hard-bound volume which is in preparation.The papers are divided into seven categories: General Theory, Metals and Composites, Geological Materials, Discontinuous Media, Concrete, Granular Materials and Aggregates, and Implementation and Evaluation.The objective of the conference was to stimulate interaction between researchers concerned with the theoretical and experimental aspects of developing constitutive models of deformable solids and those concerned with the implementation of constitutive laws in engineering analysis and design.Many individuals who are active in the field of the conference contributed articles and, consequently, the volume provides a reasonably complete picture of the current state of development of models for describing the mechanical behavior of solids.Of course, the volume would be more valuable if it contained complete texts of the overview lectures as well as the contributed articles.