This book is intended to be an introduction to elasticity theory. It is as sumed that the student, before reading this book, has had courses in me chanics (statics, dynamics) and strength of materials (mechanics of mate rials). It is written at a level for undergraduate and beginning graduate engineering students in mechanical, civil, or aerospace engineering. As a background in mathematics, readers are expected to have had courses in ad vanced calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations. Our experience in teaching elasticity theory to engineering students leads us to believe that...

Presents papers on electromagnetic wave mechanics and its applications, offering a sample of research in the field. Topics include polarimetric imaging and radar spectorscopy; mathematical methods inclde inverse scattering theory; and applications include CMR and PCS.

The interaction of acoustic fields with submerged elastic structures, both by propagation and scattering, is being investigated at various institutions and laboratories world-wide. This book offers a collection of contributions from these research centres.

This first volume of two offers contributions that represent the state-of-the-art in the study of acoustic elastic interaction. These include the description of acoustic scattering from submerged elastic objects and shells by the resonance scattering theory of Flax, Dragonette and Uberall.

This text, the first of two volumes, contains ten thematically organized research or pedagogical articles addressing key topics in system dynamics and control. The material is intended to be of interest to a general scientific and engineering readership as well as research specialists.