This volume provides an overview of modern acoustical techniques for the measurement of mechanical properties. Chapters include Fundamentals of Elastic Constants; Point Source/Point Receiver Methods; Laser Controlled Surface Acoustic Waves; Quantitative Acoustical Microscopy of Solids; Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy; Elastic Properties and Thermodynamics; Sound Speed as a Thermodynamic Property of Fluids; Noninvasive Determination of Sound Speed in Liquids; Introduction to the Elastic Constants of Gases; and Acoustic Measurement in Gases.
Author(s): Moises Levy, Henry E. Bass and Richard Stern (Eds.)
Series: Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences 39
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 1-434
Tags: Физика;Периодика по физике;Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences;
Content:
Contributors
Pages xi-xii
Volumes in series Experimental Methods in the Physical Sciences
Pages xiii-xvi
Preface
Pages xvii-xx
Moises Levy
1. Introduction to fundamentals of elastic constants Original Research Article
Pages 1-35
Moises Levy
2. Point-source/point-receiver methods Original Research Article
Pages 37-64
A.G. Every, K.Y. Kim, W. Sachse
3. Laser-based surface acoustic waves in materials science Original Research Article
Pages 65-134
Alexey Lomonosov, Andreas P. Mayer, Peter Hess
4. Quantitative acoustic microscopy Original Research Article
Pages 135-187
Pavel V. Zinin
5. Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS) Original Research Article
Pages 189-220
A. Migliori, T.W. Darling, J.P. Baiardo, F. Freibert
6. Elastic properties and thermodynamics Original Research Article
Pages 221-235
Veerle Keppens, A. Migliori
7. Speed of sound as a thermodynamic property of fluids Original Research Article
Pages 237-306
Daniel G. Friend
8. Noninvasive determination of sound speed and attenuation in liquids Original Research Article
Pages 307-333
Dipen N. Sinha, Gregory Kaduchak
9. Introduction to the elastic constants of gases Original Research Article
Pages 335-376
Henry E. Bass
10. Acoustic measurements in gases Original Research Article
Pages 377-427
M.R. Moldover, K.A. Gillis, J.J. Hurly, J.B. Mehl, J. Wilhelm
Index
Pages 429-434
