Mechanics of Elastic Waves and Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation (Hardcover)

Fundamentals of the Continuum Mechanics and the Theory of Elasticity. Deformation and Strain Tensor. Traction and Stress Tensor. Traction-Stress Tensor. Traction-Stress Relation. Equilibrium Equations. Definition of Tensor. Strain Transformation. Definition of Elastic Material and Stress-Strain Relation. Number of Independent Material Constants. Material Planes of Symmetry.Stress-Strain Relation for Isotropic Materials: Green's Approach.Time-Dependent Problems or Dynamic Problems.Interaction Between Plane Waves and Stress-Free Plane Boundary.Out-of-Plane or Antiplane Motion: SH-Wave. Interaction of P-and SV-Waves with Plane Interface. Rayleigh Wave in a Homogeneous Interface. Waves. Phase Velocity and Group Velocity. Point Source Excitation.Wave Propagation in Fluids. Reflection and Transmission of Plane Waves at a Fluid-Solid Interface.Guided Waves and Waveguides. Basic Equations: Homogeneous Elastic Plate Immersed in a Fluid. Guided Waves in Multilayered Plates. Guided Waves in Single-and Multilayered Composite Plates. Defect Detection in Multiayered Composite Plates.Guided Propagation in the Circumferential Direction of a Pipe.Guided Wave Propagation in the Axial Direction of a Pipe. Modeling a Finite Plane Source by a Distribution of Point Sources. Planar Piston Transducer in a Fluid. Ultrasonic Field in a Nonhomogeneous Fluid in Presence of an Interface. Ultrasonic Field in Multilayered Fluid Medium. Ultrasonic Field Computation in Presence of a Fluid-Solid Interface. DPSM Modeling for Transient Problems. Non-Linear Ultrasonic NDE. Use of Higher Harmonics for NDE. Nonlinear Wave Modulation Spectroscopy (NWMS). Nonlinear Resonant Ultrasonic Spectroscopy (NRUS). Subharmonic Phased Array for Crack Evaluation (SPACE). Collinear and Non-Collinear Wave Mixing Technique. Sideband Peak Count (SPC).