Preface : (Boundary Element Method) Computers and Structures 83 (2005)

The Boundary Element Method is a powerful numerical technique well rooted in everyday engineering practice. This is shown by boundary element methods included in the most important commercial computer packages and in the continuous publication of books composed to explain the features of the method to beginners or practicing engineers. Our first paper in Computers & Structures on Boundary Elements was published in 1979 (C & S 10, pp. 351–362), so this Special Issue is for us not only the accomplishment of our obligation to show other colleagues the possibilities of a numerical technique in which we believe, but also the celebration of our particular silver jubilee with this Journal.

Discurso pronunciado por el Excmo. y Magfco. Sr. Rector de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, D. Rafael Portaencasa Baeza en la apertura del Curso Académico 1982/83

Discurso de apertura del curso académico de la UPM 1982/83. ofrecido por D. Rafael Portaencasa, donde se reflexiona sobre los proyectos llevados a cabo en el curso anterior y los logros conseguidos por las diversas escuelas.