ULTRASONICS FUNDAMENTALS TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS 4ED (HB 2024) Hardcover

This Fourth Edition, a thoroughly updated and reorganized version of a highly successful reference, covers the core physics of ultrasonics and transducers, particularly piezoelectric and magnetostrictive types. It then explores the wide range of ultrasonic applications, from low-power sensing to high-power processing, across research, industrial, and medical sectors. New content includes computer modeling for acoustic and elastic wave phenomena like scattering and wave propagation in different materials, modern horn design, Langevin transducers, and material analysis. The book now gives more attention to process monitoring and advanced nondestructive testing (NDT/NDE) methods such as phased array ultrasound (PAUT), long-range guided wave inspection (GUW), internally rotary inspection systems (IRIS), time-of-flight diffraction (TOFD), and acoustic emission (AE). These techniques are discussed for both metals and nonmetals, with examples now extending to the food and beverage industry. The book introduces defect sizing, capabilities, limitations, and the probability of detection (POD). Three new chapters comprehensively cover high-power ultrasonics for both liquids and solids, with updated application examples in industries like food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, and more. The coverage of medical and biological applications has been expanded, including diagnostics, therapy, and high-power surgical uses.