Physical Acoustics V10

Physical Acoustics: Principles and Methods, Volume X, is a five-chapter text that covers the principles and methods of generation of physical acoustics.
The first chapter provides the essential results obtained concerning acoustic surface waves on curved surfaces and relates them to the corresponding plane surface waves. This chapter also presents a classification of surface and lateral waves on flat surfaces along with their properties. The second chapter describes a group of acoustic wave problems that are particularly suitable for study by means of Schlieren visualization. The third chapter deals with the production of ultrasonic waves by direct electromagnetic generation, while type II superconductors, which are useful for superconducting magnets with strong magnetic fields and with high current densities, are investigated in the fourth chapter. The fifth chapter discusses the principles of hologram and its application to very short length electromagnetic waves known as microwaves and to acoustic waves of various wavelengths.

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Contributors
Preface
1 Surface Waves in Acoustics
I. Introduction
II. Surface Waves on Flat Surfaces: Lateral Waves
III. Surface Waves Generated by Sound Scattering on Impenetrable, Simple Curved Surfaces
IV. Surface Waves in Sound Scattering from General, Smooth, Convex Surfaces
V. Surface Waves on Simple Curved Transparent Objects
VI. More-General Excitation Mechanisms for Surface Waves
References
2 Observation of Acoustic Radiation from Plane and Curved Surfaces
I. Introduction
II. Acoustic Visualization by Schlieren
III. Radiation from Solid Cylinders
IV. Radiation from Cylindrical Shells
V. Reflection and Radiation from Plane Interfaces
References
3 Electromagnetic Generation of Ultrasonic Waves
I. Introduction
II. Classical Theory of Electromagnetic Generation
III. High-Temperature Results
IV. Microscopic Theory of Electromagnetic Generation
V. Low-Temperature Results
VI. Conclusion
Appendix
References
4 Elastic Behavior and Structural Instability of High-Temperature A-15 Structure Superconductors
I. Introduction
II. The Batterman-Barrett Transformation in A-15 Materials at Low Temperatures
III. Elastic Behavior of A-15 Materials Above Tc
IV. Elastic Behavior of High-Tc Superconductors at the Superconducting Transition
V. High-Frequency Phonon Behavior
VI. Anharmonicity, Instability, and Superconductivity
VII. Theoretical Models of the High-Temperature Superconductors
VIII. Structural Instability and High-Temperature Superconductivity
References
5 Acoustic Holography
I. Introduction
II. Holograms and Zone Plates
III. Hologram Theory
IV. Early Acoustic Holograms
V. Coherence
VI. Reflection Zone Plates
VII. Hologram Speckle
VIII. The Synthetic-Aperture Concept
IX. Stationary Synthetic-Aperture Systems
X. Early Experiments in Acoustic Holography
XI. Acoustic Synthetic-Aperture Systems
XII. Medical Applications of Acoustic Holography
XIII. Underwater Applications of Acoustic Holography
XIV. Acoustic Kinoforms
XV. Acoustic Holographic Interferometry
XVI. Hologram Pulse Compression
XVII. Seismic Applications of Holography
XVIII. Further Reading Suggestions
References
Author Index
Subject Index
Cumulative Author Index, Volumes 1-10