IUTAM Symposia: Symposium Held at Brown University, Providence, R. I., April 3–5, 1963

Kolsky, Herbert; Prager, William

Although the subject of wave propagation in solids has a long history, the classical theory of elastic waves having been developed in the nine­ teenth century by STOKES, POISSON, RAYLEIGH and KELVIN, the last two decades have seen a remarkable revival of interest in this subject among both theoreticians and experimenters. There' are a number of reasons for this; first, experimental methods for the generation and detection of high frequency mechanical waves have become available only with the advent of electronic techniques and of high speed photo­ graphic recording apparatus. Secondly, the appearan

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2012-04-15

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783642882906

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-88288-3

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 342