Interface Effects in Elastic Wave Scattering

The authors study dynamical effects of incident
compressional and distortional elastic waves on a layer of
planar, cylindrical, or spherical geometry, especially
focusing on the stress fields surrounding the layer. These
results are derived from the exact solutions for elastic
wave scattering from such interfaces developped in the first
part of the book. Comparisons of numerical solutions of
special problems with the analytical solutions are given and
it is shown how the latter help to simplify the numerical
treatment. The material presented in this monograph will
help in developing composite materials with improved
chemical and physical properties and in non-destructive
testing of such materials. Engineers, physicists, and
workers in applied mathematics will welcome this well
written text. It may also be used for additional reading in
a course on elasto-mechanics.