Acoustics of Solids (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)

Technological developments in composite materials, non-destructive testing, and signal processing as well as biomedical applications, have stimulated wide-ranging engineering investigations of heterogeneous, anisotropic media and surface waves of different types. Wave propagation in solids is now of considerable importance in a variety of applications. The book presents many of the key results in this field and interprets them from a unified engineering viewpoint. The conceptual importance and relevance for applications were the prevailing criteria in selecting the topics. Included are body and surface waves in elastic, viscoelastic, and piezoelectric media and waveguides, with emphasis on the effects of inhomogeneity and anisotropy. The book differs in many aspects from the other monographs dealing with wave propagation in solids. It focuses on physically meaningful theoretical models, a broad spectrum of which is covered, and not on mathematical techniques. Some of the results, particularly those dealing with waves in composites, are given for the first time in the monographical literature. Both, exact and approximate approaches, are discussed. While the subject is advanced, the presentation is at an intermediate level of mathematical complexity, making understanding easier.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1988
Authors:	Abraham I. Beltzer
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	235
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-83372-4
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Engineering: general Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Classical mechanics > Sound, vibration & waves (acoustics) Promotions
LSN:	3-642-83372-1
Barcode:	9783642833724

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