Complexity:HierarchicalStructuresandScalinginPhysics(CambridgeNonlinearScienceSeries)

Thereciprocitytheoremhasbeenusedforover100yearstoestablishinterestingandusefulrelationsbetweendifferentloadingstatesofabody.Thisbookdiscussescurrentandnovelusesofreciprocityrelationsforthedeterminationofelastodynamicfields.Theauthor,whoisinternationallydistinguishedforhiscontributionstotheoreticalandappliedmechanics,presentsanovelmethodtosolveforwavefields,sheddingnewlightontheuseofreciprocityrelationsfordynamicfieldsinanelasticbody.Thematerialpresentedinthebookisrelevanttoseveralfieldsinengineeringandappliedphysics.Examplesareultrasonicsformedicalimagingandnon-destructiveevaluation,acousticmicroscopy,seismology,exploratorygeophysics,structuralacoustics,andtheresponseofstructurestohigh-rateloadsandthedeterminationofmaterialpropertiesbyultrasonictechniques.