Petrin A. (Ed.) Wave Propagation in Materials for Modern Applications

InTech, 2010, 526 pages, ISBN: 978-953-7619-65-7In the recent decades, there has been a growing interest in micro- and nanotechnology. The advances in nanotechnology give rise to new applications and new types of materials with unique electromagnetic and mechanical properties. This book is devoted to the modern methods in electrodynamics and acoustics, which have been developed to describe wave propagation in these modern materials and nanodevices. The book consists of original works of leading scientists in the field of wave propagation who produced new theoretical and experimental methods in the research field and obtained new and important results. The first part of the book consists of chapters with general mathematical methods and approaches to the problem of wave propagation. A special attention is attracted to the advanced numerical methods fruitfully applied in the field of wave propagation. The second part of the book is devoted to the problems of wave propagation in newly developed metamaterials, micro- and nanostructures and porous media. In this part the interested reader will find important and fundamental results on electromagnetic wave propagation in media with negative refraction index and electromagnetic imaging in devices based on the materials. The third part of the book is devoted to the problems of wave propagation in elastic and piezoelectric media. In the fourth part, the works on the problems of wave propagation in plasma are collected. The fifth, sixth and seventh parts are devoted to the problems of wave propagation in media with chemical reactions, in nonlinear and disperse media, respectively. And finally, in the eighth part of the book some experimental methods in wave propagations are considered. It is necessary to emphasize that this book is not a textbook. It is important that the results combined in it are taken from the desks of researchers. Therefore, I am sure that in this book the interested and actively working readers (scientists, engineers and students) will find many interesting results and new ideas.I Wave Propagation. Fundamental Approaches to the Problem.
1. A Volume Integral Equation Method for the Direct/Inverse Problem in Elastic Wave Scattering Phenomena
2. Uniform Asymptotic Physical Optics Solutions for a Set of Diffraction Problems
3. Differential Electromagnetic Forms in Rotating Frames
4. Iterative Operator-Splitting with Time Overlapping Algorithms: Theory and Application to Constant and Time-Dependent Wave Equations.
5. Comparison Between Reverberation-Ray Matrix, Reverberation-Transfer Matrix, and Generalized Reverberation Matrix
6. Accelerating Radio Wave Propagation Algorithms by Implementation on Graphics HardwareII Wave Propagation in Metamaterials, Micro/nanostructures and Porous Media.
7. Application of Media with Negative Refraction Index to Electromagnetic Imaging. Fundamental Aspects
8. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Multilayered Structures with Negative Index Material
9. The Nature of Electromagnetic Waves in Metamaterials and Metamaterial-inspired Configurations
10. Electromagnetic Propagation Characteristics in One Dimensional Photonic Crystal
11. Wave Propagation in Elastic Media with Micro/Nano-Structures
12. Wave Propagation in Carbon Nanotubes
13. Differential Quadrature Method for Linear Long Wave Propagation in Open Channels
14. A Parabolic Equation for Wave Propagation over Porous StructuresIII Wave Propagation in Elastic and Piezoelectric Media.
15. Propagation of Ultrasonic Waves in Viscous Fluids
16. A Multiplicative Method and A Correlation Method for Acoustic Testing of Large-Size Compact Concrete Building Constructions
17. Analysis of Axisymmetric and Non-Axisymmetric Wave Propagation in a Homogeneous Piezoelectric Solid Circular Cylinder of Transversely Isotropic Material
18. Propagation of Thickness-Twist Waves in an Infinite Piezoelectric PlateIV Wave Propagation in Plasma.
19. Interplay of Kinetic Plasma Instabilities
20. Plasma Wave Propagation with Light Emission in a Long Positive Column DischargeV Wave Propagation in Media with Chemical Reactions.
21. Influence of Heavy Water on Waves and Oscillations in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky ReactionVI Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Media.
22. Wave Propagation and Dynamic Fracture in Laser Shock-Loaded Solid Materials
23. Nonlinear Waves in Transmission Lines Periodically Loaded with Tunneling DiodesVII Wave Propagation in Disperse Media.
24. Wave Velocity Dispersion and Attenuation in Media Exhibiting Internal Oscillations
25. Pulse Wave Propagation in Bistable Oscillator Array
26. Circuit Analogs for Wave Propagation in Stratified StructuresVIII Some Experimental Methods in Wave Propagation.
27. Field Experiments on Wave Propagation and Vibration Isolation by Using Wave Barriers