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Ultrasonics

Fundamentals and Applications

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  1. Heinrich Kuttruff

    1. Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-9

  3. Basic Concepts of Acoustics

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    Pages 11-47

  4. Sound Radiation and Sound Diffraction

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    Pages 49-78

  5. Generation of Ultrasound—Part I

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    Pages 79-118

  6. Generation of Ultrasound—Part II

    • Heinrich Kuttruff
    Pages 119-151

  7. Detection and Measurement of Ultrasound

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    Pages 153-185

  9. Absorption of Ultrasound

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    Pages 207-240

  11. Non-Destructive Testing of Materials

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    Pages 269-295

  12. Application of Ultrasound in Medical Diagnostics

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    Pages 297-324

  13. Special Methods of Ultrasonic Imaging

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    Pages 325-361

  14. Cavitation

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    Pages 363-394

  15. Applications of High Intensity Ultrasound

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    Pages 395-429

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 443-452
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About this book

This book is a translation of 'Physik und Technik des Ultraschalls', originally published in 1988 by S. Hirzel Verlag, Stuttgart. As in the German edition, it is based on lectures on ultrasound which the author has given over the past fifteen years to students of electrical engineer­ ing and physics at the Rheinisch-Westfiilische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany. Its purpose is to explain and describe the peculiarities of high frequency sound with general acoustics as a foundation. It is these peculiarities which have led to the development of specific methods of sound generation and sound detection on the one hand and are relevant to the way ultrasound propagates in various materials, and which are the origin of a wide range of technical applications on the other. The first part of the book is devoted to the fundamentals of ultrasonics. Since the reader is not expected to have a knowledge of general acoustics, introductory chapters survey the basic ideas and laws of acoustics without systematically deriving the formulae pre­ sented. Likewise, the third chapter, which deals with the radiation and diffraction of sound, is still fairly general, although it is somewhat more adapted to the specific requirements of ultrasound. In the three subsequent chapters, the generation and detection or measurement of ultrasound is dealt with. The seventh chapter is a digression on the peculiarities of the hypersonic range.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany

    Heinrich Kuttruff

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ultrasonics

  • Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications

  • Authors: Heinrich Kuttruff

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3846-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3846-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 458

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Physics, general

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