Wave Processes in Solids with Microstructure (Q4423969)

The book gives a presentation of the theory of propagation and interaction of elastic waves in solids with microstructure. Such a medium is characterized by the presence of two entities: small material microvolumes containing discrete material microvolumes. Fundamental hypotheses allowing to obtain structural phenomenological models are given. In the frame of the adopted models, basic facts, such as gradient elasticity, dispersion and nonlinearity are included. Contents: Preface; Introduction; (1) The fundamental hypothesis of microstructured elastic solids, Structural-phenomenological models; (2) Gradient elasticity media, dispersion, dissipation, non-linearity; (3) Gradient elasticity media, damaged medium, magnetoelasticity; (4) Cosserat continuum; (5) Waves in two-component mixture of solids; (6) Waves in micromorphic solids; (7) Elasto-plastic waves in the medium with dislocations; (8) Wave problems of micropolar hydrodynamics; Bibliography; Index. The exposition is clear; the theory is mixed with the physical meaning of the presented facts. The graphics are very suggestive; typical values and practical data (e.g. diameter of inserted grains) are given. The book is a ``livre d'auteur'' (most of facts refer to the contributions of the author and his coworkers). We point out that the book provides the fundamentals to understand some new methods of measuring and diagnosing in the field of solid mechanis and technical acoustics. There are some misprints which do not affect the comprehension of the text. We think we are faced with a good book in the area of microstructured solids.