Nonlinear Ultrasonic and Vibro-Acoustical Techniques for Nondestructive Evaluation

Tribikram Kundu is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Arizona.  Dr. Kundu has made significant and original contributions in both basic and applied research in nondestructive testing (NDT) and structural health monitoring (SHM) by ultrasonic and electromagnetic techniques. His fundamental research interests are monitoring the health of existing and new structures by ultrasonic and other NDT techniques. His research requires knowledge of elastic wave propogation in multi-layered solids, fracture mechanics, computational mechanic, geo- and biomechanics. He has collaborated extensively with international and U.S. scientists. He has spent 28 months in the Department of Biology, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, first as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and then as a Humboldt Research Prize winner. He is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America.

• List of Contributors.- 1 Fundamentals of Nonlinear Acoustical Techniques and Sideband Peak Count.- 2 Nonlinear Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy: Assessing Global Damage.- 3 Modelling and Numerical Simulations in Nonlinear Acoustics Used for Damage Detection.- 4 Structural Damage Detection Based on Nonlinear Acoustics - Application Examples.- 5 Nonlinear and Hysteretic Constitutive Models for Wave Propagation in Solid Media With Cracks and Contacts.- 6 Nonlinear Ultrasonic Techniques for Material Characterization.- 7 Nonlinear Ultrasonic Responses of Contacting Interfaces.- 8 Nonlinear Acoustic Response of Damage Applied for Diagnostic Imaging.- 9 Nonlinear Guided Waves and Thermal Stresses.- 10 Subharmonic Phased Array for Crack Evaluation (SPACE).- 11 A Unified Treatment of Nonlinear Viscoelasticity and Non-Equilibrium Dynamics.- 12 Cement-Based Material Characterization Using Nonlinear Single Impact Resonant Acoustic Spectroscopy.- 13 Dynamic Acousto-Elastic Testing.- 14 Time Reversal Acoustics.- 15 Multiscale Quantification of Damage Precursor in Composites.- 16 Anharmonic Interactions of Probing Ultrasonic Waves with the Applied Loads Including Applications Suitable for Structural Health Monitoring.- 17 Noncontact Nonlinear Ultrasonic Wave Modulation for Fatigue Crack and Delamination Detection.- 18 Characterizing Fatigue Cracks Using Active Sensor Networks.- Index.