CONTENTS
4 Fundamental Solutions
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Eigenfunctions and the Dirac Delta Function
4.3 Fundamental Solutions on a finite Region
4.4 Infinite Domains
4.5 The Fundamental Solution in Infinite Space
4.6 Numerical Solutions (Anisotropie Bodies)
4.7 The Method of Images
4.8 The Fundamental Solution and Boundary Elements
4.9 Explicit Forms for the Fundamental Solution
5 Elastostatics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Weighted Residual Statements
5.3 Fundamental Solution
5.4 Source Approach
5.5 Matrix Formulation
5.6 Two-Dimensional Elasticity
6 Time-Dependent and Non-Linear
Problems
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Transform Methods
6.3 Fourier Transforms
6.4 Laplace Transforms
6.5 Transient Elastodynamics
6.6 Steady State Elastodynamics
6.7 Viscoelastic Problems
6.8 Time Integration Using Time Stepping
6.9 Time-Dependent Fundamental Solution
6.10 Non-Linear Problems
6.11 Plasticity and Soil Mechanics Problems
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