Wave propagation in damaged solids (Q1205015)

A theoretical model is presented for investigating elastic wave propagation in damaged solids. This model is suited for damaged solids with dilutely distributed defects, and it may aid in the design of experimental configurations and in the proper interpretation of measured data from ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation for detecting and characterizing the damage states of the solid. The problem of wave scattering by a single defect of arbitrary shape is formulated as a set of boundary integral equations, whose solution yields the unknown quantities on the boundary of the defect.