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Further Developments on the Solution of the Transient Scalar Wave Equation

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Time-dependent and Vibration Problems

Part of the book series: Topics in Boundary Element Research ((TBOU,volume 2))

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Since the last century integral equations have been used by mathematicians and physicists but only in the sixties they started being employed to obtain solutions of engineering problems. The numerical techniques that employ integral equations became known by engineers as boundary element methods.

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Mansur, W.J., Brebbia, C.A. (1985). Further Developments on the Solution of the Transient Scalar Wave Equation. In: Brebbia, C.A. (eds) Time-dependent and Vibration Problems. Topics in Boundary Element Research, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29651-6_4

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