Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids

✍ Scribed by Jan Achenbach (Auth.)

• Publisher: North Holland
• Year: 1973
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 430
• Edition: 0
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The propagation of mechanical disturbances in solids is of interest in many branches of the physical scienses and engineering. This book aims to present an account of the theory of wave propagation in elastic solids. The material is arranged to present an exposition of the basic concepts of mechanical wave propagation within a one-dimensional setting and a discussion of formal aspects of elastodynamic theory in three dimensions, followed by chapters expounding on typical wave propagation phenomena, such as radiation, reflection, refraction, propagation in waveguides, and diffraction. The treatment necessarily involves considerable mathematical analysis. The pertinent mathematical techniques are, however, discussed at some length.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page III
Copyright, Page IV
Dedication, Page V
PREFACE, Pages VII-VIII
INTRODUCTION, Pages 1-9
CHAPTER 1 - ONE-DIMENSIONAL MOTION OF AN ELASTIC CONTINUUM, Pages 10-45
CHAPTER 2 - THE LINEARIZED THEORY OF ELASTICITY, Pages 46-78
CHAPTER 3 - ELASTODYNAMIC THEORY, Pages 79-121
CHAPTER 4 - ELASTIC WAVES IN AN UNBOUNDED MEDIUM, Pages 122-164
CHAPTER 5 - PLANE HARMONIC WAVES IN ELASTIC HALF-SPACES, Pages 165-201
CHAPTER 6 - HARMONIC WAVES IN WAVEGUIDES, Pages 202-261
CHAPTER 7 - FORCED MOTIONS OF A HALF-SPACE, Pages 262-325
CHAPTER 8 - TRANSIENT WAVES IN LAYERS AND RODS, Pages 326-356
CHAPTER 9 - DIFFRACTION OF WAVES BY A SLIT, Pages 357-390
CHAPTER 10 - THERMAL AND VISCOELASTIC EFFECTS, AND EFFECTS OF ANISOTROPY AND NONLINEARITY, Pages 391-419
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 420-421
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 422-425