Ultrasonic Guided Waves in Solid Media

Ultrasonic guided waves in solid media are important in nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring.

Joseph L. Rose (Author)

9781107048959, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 11 August 2014

530 pages, 390 b/w illus. 35 tables 334 exercises
26 x 18.2 x 2.9 cm, 1.13 kg

Ultrasonic guided waves in solid media have become a critically important subject in nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring, as new faster, more sensitive, and more economical ways of looking at materials and structures have become possible. This book will lead to fresh creative ideas for use in new inspection procedures. Although the mathematics is sometimes sophisticated, the book can also be read by managers without detailed understanding of the concepts as it can be read from a 'black box' point of view. Overall, the material presented on wave mechanics - in particular, guided wave mechanics - establishes a framework for the creative data collection and signal processing needed to solve many problems using ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation and structural health monitoring. The book can be used as a reference in ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation by professionals and as a textbook for seniors and graduate students. This work extends the coverage of Rose's earlier book Ultrasonic Waves in Solid Media.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Dispersion principles
3. Unbounded isotropic and anisotropic media
4. Reflection and refraction
5. Oblique incidence
6. Waves in plates
7. Surface and subsurface waves
8. Finite element method for guided wave mechanics
9. The semi-analytical finite element method (SAFE)
10. Guided waves in hollow cylinders
11. Circumferential guided waves
12. Guided waves in layered structures
13. Source influence on guided wave excitation
14. Horizontal shear
15. Guided waves in anisotropic media
16. Guided wave phased arrays in piping
17. Guided waves in viscoelastic media
18. Ultrasonic vibrations
19. Guided wave array transducers
20. Introduction to guided wave nonlinear methods
21. Guided wave imaging methods
Appendix A: ultrasonic nondestructive testing principles, analysis and display technology
Appendix B: basic formulas and concepts in the theory of elasticity
Appendix C: physically based signal processing concepts for guided waves
Appendix D: guided wave mode and frequency selection tips.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], Mechanics of solids [TGMD], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC], Wave mechanics [vibration & acoustics PHDS], Fluid mechanics [PHDF]