Short description This handbook discusses topical, practical uses for an improved understanding of the complex behavior of rocks and other materials, presenting for the first time new tools and models in a systematic and thorough way. A comprehensive book of utmost interest to anyone involved in non-destructive testing, civil engineering, and geophysics.
From the contents PART I Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Chapter 2 MICROSCOPIC/MACRSCOPIC FORMULATION OF THE TRADITIONAL THEORY Chapter 3 CONSEQUENCES OF THE TRADITIONAL THEORY OF NONLINEAR ELASTICITY Chapter 4 MESOSCOPIC ELASTIC ELEMENTS AND MACROSCOPIC EQUATIONS OF STATE PART II Chapter 5 AUXILIARY FIELDS Chapter 6 HYSTERETIC ELASTIC ELEMENTS Chapter 7 THE DYNAMICS OF ELASTIC SYSTEMS; FAST AND SLOW Chapter 8 ISSUES OF DATA MODELING AND ANALYSIS Chapter 9 ELASTIC STATE SPECTROSCOPY AND ELASTIC TOMOGRAPHIES PART III Chapter 10 QUASI-STATIC MEASUREMENTS Chapter 11 DYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS Chapter 12 FIELD OBSERVATIONS Chapter 13 NONLINEAR NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION AND IMAGING
