Wave propagation is an important topic in engineering sciences, especially, in the field of solid mechanics. A description of wave propagation phenomena is given by Graff 98]: The effect of a sharply applied, localized disturbance in a medium soon transmits or 'spreads' to other parts of the medium. These effects are familiar to everyone, e.g., transmission of sound in air, the spreading of ripples on a pond of water, or the transmission of radio waves. From all wave types in nature, here, attention is focused only on waves in solids. Thus, solely mechanical disturbances in contrast to...

Containing eight state-of-the-art contributions on mathematical aspects and applications of fast boundary element methods in engineering and industry, this text covers issues which will be of interest to researchers, graduate students and practitioners working on and using boundary element methods.