Ultrasonics: Theory and Application (Science & Technology)

This book was written to provide students and research workers with a concise and up to date introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of ultrasonics. Considerable emphasis has been placed on giving a thorough grounding in the basic ideas and mathematics underlying the generation, propagation, and dissipation of ultrasound waves of both low and high intensities. electrical circuit analogies are used extensively. Because some readers may not be familiar with some of the electrical engineering concepts, the analogies are derived from first principles, both electrical and acoustical. While much straightforward mathematical manipulation has been omitted, most of the steps in the mathematical derivation presented are either given or described. As well as covering what might be called "classical" ultrasonics, an elementary introduction to the fast developing field of microwave ultrasonics is included.