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3-D Transient Dynamic Crack Analysis by a Novel Time-Domain BEM

Ch. Zhang², A. Savaidis³

1 This paper is dedicated to Prof. Dr.-Ing. G. Kuhn, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz, University of Applied Sciences, D-02763 Zittau, Germany.
3 Department of Mechanics, National Technical University of Athens, GR-15773 Athens, Greece.