Ultrasound and elastic waves : frequently asked questions by Lempriere, Brian M instant download

Ultrasound and elastic waves : frequently asked questions by Lempriere, Brian M instant download

xxi, 241 p. : 24 cm, Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-230) and index, Machine generated contents note: LIST OF FIGURES xi -- PREFACE xvii -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxi -- I Introduction -- What is Ultrasonics? 1 -- How has UT Technology Progressed? 1 -- What Are Some Current Industrial/Manufacturing Applications -- of UT? 2 -- What Are the Major Medical Applications of UT? 5 -- What Are Some Unique Applications of UT? 7 -- 2 Definitions and Background -- What is a Wave? 9 -- What are the Quantitative Measures of a Wave? 14 -- What is Elasticity? 17 -- What are the Units of Elasticity, Density, and Wavespeed? 22 -- 3 Wave Propagation Concepts -- What are the Types of Elastic Waves? 25 -- What is a UT Beam? 35 -- How Does a Propagating Wave Change? 40 -- 4 Wave Interactions -- How Do Two or More Waves Interact? 45 -- How Does a Wave Interact with a Nonuniform Object? 61 -- 5 Hardware: Equipment Concepts -- 6 Software: Data Processing -- What Does Software Do? 85 -- A. What are the Types of Time-Domain Analyses? 86 -- B. What Are the Types of Spectral Analysis? 101 -- C. What Statistical Measurements Are Taken? 108 -- D. What Is Imaging? 117 -- APPENDIX I -- Stress, Strain, and Elasticity (Also Vectors and Tensors) 121 -- A. Elasticity 121 -- B. Stress 122 -- C. Strain 128 -- D. Alternative Indicial Notation 130 -- APPENDIX 2 -- The Generalized Hooke's Law 131 -- A. Hooke's Law 131 -- B. Stiffness in Rotated Axes 132 -- C. Special Classes of Elastic Materials 133 -- APPENDIX 3 -- States of Stress or Strain in Waves 139 -- A. States of Uniaxial Stress or Strain 139 -- B. Uniaxial Stress-Strain Relationships 143 -- APPENDIX 4 -- Balance of Forces and Newton's Law of Inertia 147 -- A. One-Dimensional System 148 -- B. Three-Dimensional Systems 148 -- APPENDIX 5 -- Theory of Wave Propagation 151 -- A. One-Dimensional Systems 151 -- B. Three-Dimensional Systems 154 -- C. Wave Excitations 155 -- APPENDIX 6 -- Solutions to the Wave Equations 159 -- A. Fundamental Solution