PHYSICS
THE ULTRA-SONIC BEAM
CONTENTS 1 ULTRASONICS: AN OVERVIEW 2 INTRODUCTION TO VIBRATIONS AND WAVES 3 BULK WAVES IN FLUIDS 4 INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF ELASTICITY 5 BULK ACOUSTIC WAVES IN SOLIDS 6 FINITE BEAMS, RADIATION, DIFFRACTION, AND SCATTERING 7 REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF ULTRASONIC WAVES AT INTERFACES 8 RAYLEIGH WAVES 9 LAMB WAVES 10 ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDES 11 CRYSTAL ACOUSTICS 12 PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS, DELAY LINES, AND ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING 13 ACOUSTIC SENSORS 14 ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY 15 NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION (NDE) OF MATERIALS 16 SPECIAL TOPICS 17 CAVITATION AND SONOLUMINESCENCE REFERENCES