Ultrasonic Waves in Solid Media

Explains the physical principles of wave propagation and relates them to ultrasonic wave mechanics.

Joseph L. Rose (Author)

9780521548892, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 16 September 2004

476 pages, 327 b/w illus. 17 tables 272 exercises
24.5 x 18.9 x 2.5 cm, 0.86 kg

' … rich pedagogical material … the exposition is well balanced and extremely convincing … Ultrasonic Waves in Solid Media deserves to be present on the shelf of all students of elastic-wave propagation and also on that of professionals, theoreticians, and experimentalists, who periodically need to refresh their memory, or are likely to deliver a course with similar contents.' American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Ultrasonic wave techniques are used increasingly in areas ranging from non-destructive inspection of materials to medical diagnosis. This book brings together basic physics and modern applications. It explains the physical principles of wave propagation and then relates them to ultrasonic wave mechanics and the more recent guided wave techniques that are used to inspect and evaluate aircraft, power plants, and pipelines in chemical processing plants. Among topics covered are wave propagation in plates, rods, hollow cylinders, and multiple layers in solid and composite materials; reflection and refraction; surface and subsurface waves; and horizontal shear wave propagation. Appendices provide background information on ultrasonic non-destructive testing, elasticity theory, and complex variables, and key wave propagation experiments. The text is amplified with numerous examples, laboratory experiments, and homework exercises. Graduate students, researchers, and practising engineers will find Ultrasonic Waves in Solid Media an invaluable reference to this active field.

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Dispersion principles
3. Unbounded isotropic and anisotropic media
4. Reflection and refraction
5. Oblique incidence
6. Wave scattering
7. Surface and subsurface waves
8. Waves in plates
9. Interface waves
10. Layer on a half space
11. Waves in rods
12. Waves in hollow cylinders
13. Guided waves in multiple layers
14. Source influence
15. Horizontal shear
16. Waves in an anisotropic layer
17. Elastic constant determination
18. Waves in viscoelastic media
19. Stress influence
20. Boundary element methods
Bibliography
Appendices
A. Ultrasonic nondestructive testing principles, analysis and display technology
B. Basic formulas and concepts in the theory of elasticity
C. Basic formulas in complex variables
D. Schlieren imaging and dynamic photoelasticity
E. Key wave propagation experiments
Index.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Mechanical engineering [TGB]