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Numerical Methods in Geomechanics pp 337–354Cite as

Fundamentals of Boundary Elements

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The numerical techniques of analysis used in engineering are based on the approximate solution of a set of equations describing a physical problem. The most widely known approximate method is Finite Differences which approximates the governing equations of the problem using local expressions for the variables, generally based on truncated Taylor series. The technique can be interpreted as a special case of the more general weighted residual method (Brebbia [l]).

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Brebbia, C.A. (1982). Fundamentals of Boundary Elements. In: Martins, J.B. (eds) Numerical Methods in Geomechanics. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 92. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7895-9_14

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