Boundary element methods for soil-structure interaction

This state-of-the-art book consists of up to date contributions from leading European researchers and practitioners centred on Soil-Structure Interaction problems.

The Boundary Element Method is used as an appropriate solution technique for these problems involving complex geometries, and often unbounded media.

For non-linear problems the Boundary Element Method is used in conjunction with the Finite Element Method.

Other topics are treated, such as Fracture Mechanics, from which advanced methods may be taken for future use in Earthquake Engineering.

Overall, the book provides an authoritative guide to the literature on the subject covered and is expected to be an invaluable tool for practising engineers, students and scholars in the fields of Structural, Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering.

Engineers and students may readily locate the materials or methods available for the solution of their particular problem while scholars may discover methods previously not considered for the particular application being considered.