Gernot Beer has been working in the area of numerical simulation since 1975 and has published 4 books on this topic. He has been involved in applying numerical simulation in numerous projects around the world, including the design of caverns for the CERN facility in Geneva and the investigation of a large underground power station in Iran. After working in a consulting office and for a large scientific and industrial research organisation he was appointed in 1993 as professor for structural analysis at the University of Technology Graz, Austria. Since 2012 he is emeritus professor of this institution.

The book […] comes with a developing toolkit that allows the reader to gain some hands-on experience and to get familiar with the new concepts [….] This book is pioneer on the integration of CAD and Boundary Element Analysis.Prof. Dr. Adrián P. Cisilino, UNMdP, Mar del Plata, Argentina

• Preface 1. Introduction 2. Stage 1: Basis functions 3. Stage 2: Geometry 4. Stage 3: Computer Aided Design 5. Stage 4: Introduction to numerical simulation 6. Stage 5: Plates and shells 7. Stage 6: Integral equations 8. Stage 7: The boundary element method for plane problems 9. Stage 8: The boundary element method for three-dimensional problems 10. Stage 9: The boundary element method with volume effects 11. Stage 10: The time domain Appendix: Fundamental solutions

Gernot Beer has been working in the area of numerical simulation since 1975 and has published 4 books on this topic. He has been involved in applying numerical simulation in numerous projects around the world, including the design of caverns for the CERN facility in Geneva and the investigation of a large underground power station in Iran. After working in a consulting office and for a large scientific and industrial research organisation he was appointed in 1993 as professor for structural analysis at the University of Technology Graz, Austria. Since 2012 he is emeritus professor of this institution.

The book […] comes with a developing toolkit that allows the reader to gain some hands-on experience and to get familiar with the new concepts [….] This book is pioneer on the integration of CAD and Boundary Element Analysis.Prof. Dr. Adrián P. Cisilino, UNMdP, Mar del Plata, Argentina

• Preface 1. Introduction 2. Stage 1: Basis functions 3. Stage 2: Geometry 4. Stage 3: Computer Aided Design 5. Stage 4: Introduction to numerical simulation 6. Stage 5: Plates and shells 7. Stage 6: Integral equations 8. Stage 7: The boundary element method for plane problems 9. Stage 8: The boundary element method for three-dimensional problems 10. Stage 9: The boundary element method with volume effects 11. Stage 10: The time domain Appendix: Fundamental solutions