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Book SynopsisUltrasonic guided waves in solid media are important in nondestructive testing and structural health monitoring, as new faster, sensitive, and economical ways of looking at materials and structures have become possible. This book can be read by managers from a 'black box' point of view, or used as a professional reference or textbook.
Table of ContentsPreface; 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.
