Modern Acoustical Techniques For The Measurement Of Mechanical Properties

Download or read book Modern Acoustical Techniques for the Measurement of Mechanical Properties written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2001-10-16 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.