Michel Bruneau is a professor at the University of Maine in France.

• Foreword xviiPreface xxiPART 1. HOMOGENOUS AND HOMOGENOUS STRATIFIEDMEDIA: LINEARMODEL OF PROPAGATION 1Chapter 1. Equations of Propagation 3Jean-François DE BELLEVAL, Catherine POTEL and Philippe GATIGNOLChapter 2. Interaction of a Plane Wave and a Plane Interface  29Philippe GATIGNOL, Catherine POTEL and Jean François DE BELLEVALChapter 3. Propagation of Plane Waves in Multilayered Media 61Catherine POTEL, Jean François DE BELLEVAL, Michel CASTAINGS and Philippe GATIGNOLChapter 4. Propagation in Continuously Stratified Media 97Cécile BARON, Olivier PONCELET, Alexander SHUVALOV and Marc DESCHAMPSChapter 5. Modal Waves in Plane Structures 113Philippe GATIGNOL, Catherine POTEL and Jean François DE BELLEVALPART 2. POROUS AND STRATIFIED POROUSMEDIA LINEAR MODELS OF PROPAGATION 147Introduction to Part 2 149Denis LAFARGEChapter 6. The Equivalent Fluid Model 153Denis LAFARGEChapter 7. Biot’s Model 205Denis LAFARGEChapter 8. Propagation Equations in the Time Domain 229Zine EL ABIDINE FELLAH, Mohamed FELLAH and Claude DEPOLLIERChapter 9. Scattering in Porous Media 277Denis LAFARGEChapter 10. Stratified Porous Media 285Bruno BROUARDChapter 11. Surface Wave Propagation 317Jean-François ALLARD and Michel HENRYChapter 12. The Finite Element Method for Porous Materials 327Olivier DAZEL and Nicolas DAUCHEZPART 3. EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL METHODS 339Chapter 13. Transducer for Bulk Waves 341Daniel ROYERChapter 14. Modeling of Ultrasonic Beams 359Jean-François DE BELLEVAL, Nicolas GENGEMBRE, Alain LHÉMERY and Pierre CALMONChapter 15. Time-Reversal of Waves 399Mickaël TANTER and Mathias FINKChapter 16. Introduction to Inverse Scattering in Acoustics and Elasticity 413Marc LAMBERT, Marc BONNET and Dominique LESSELIERPART 4. NONLINEAR ACOUSTICS 431Chapter 17. Nonlinear Acoustic Phenomena in Micro-inhomogenous Media 433Vitalyi GUSEV, Vincent TOURNAT and Bernard CASTAGNÈDEChapter 18. Non-destructive Evaluation of Micro-inhomogenous Solids by Nonlinear Acoustic Methods 473Vincent TOURNAT, Vitalyi GUSEV and Bernard CASTAGNÈDEPART 5. THE GREEN FUNCTION IN ANISOTROPIC MEDIA 505Chapter 19. The Cagniard–de Hoop Method 507Olivier PONCELET and Marc DESCHAMPSPART 6. LINEAR METHODS OF ULTRASONIC NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION 559Chapter 20. Measurement of Viscoelastic Modules 561Michel CASTAINGSChapter 21. Interaction of an Ultrasonic Field with a Composite Plate 577Philippe GATIGNOL, Catherine POTEL and Jean-François DE BELLEVALChapter 22. Flaw Detection by Lamb Waves 595Catherine POTEL, Philippe GATIGNOL and Jean-François DE BELLEVALChapter 23. Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete by Ultrasonic Methods 609Vincent GARNIER, Jean-François CHAIX and Gilles CORNELOUPChapter 24. Non-Destructive Evaluation and Testing and Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Materials by Ultrasound and Acoustic Emission 651Rachid El GUERJOUMA, Anne MAREC, Hanane NECHAD and Jean-Hugh THOMASPART 7. CHARACTERIZATION OF POROELASTIC MATERIALS  675Chapter 25. Metrology of Physical Parameters of Absorbing Materials 677Michel HENRY, Christophe AYRAULT, Bernard CASTAGNÈDE, Zine EL ABIDINE FELLAH, Claude DEPOLLIER,Mohamed FELLAH,Walter LAURIKS and Sohbi SAHRAOUIChapter 26. Metrology of Acoustical Properties of Absorbing Materials: Surface Impedance 719Michel HENRYChapter 27. The Nearfield Acoustical Holography Method 733Bruno BROUARDChapter 28. Prediction of Acoustic Properties of Multilayer Structures – Some Examples of Applications 745Nicolas DAUCHEZPART 8. BIOMEDICAL FIELD 757Chapter 29. Ultrasonic Characterization of the Bone 759Marie-Christine HO BA THO and Pascal LAUGIERChapter 30. Medical Ultrasonography 793François TRANQUART, Aurore BLEUZEN, Bruno RICHARD and Léandre POURCELOTChapter 31. Use of Time-reversal 827Mickaël TANTER and Mathias FINKChapter 32. Elastography 841Stefan CATHELINE and Rémi SOUCHONChapter 33. Ultrasound and Therapy 863Cyril LAFON, Dominique CATHIGNOL and Jean-Yves CHAPELONChapter 34. Ultrasound Characterization of Bone Tissues by Poroelastic Theories 879Naima SEBAA, Zine EL ABIDINE FELLAH, Claude DEPOLLIER and Walter LAURIKSChapter 35. Acoustic Tomography, Ultrasonic Tomography 887Jean-Pierre LEFEBVRE, Philippe LASAYGUES, and Serge MENSAHList of Authors 907Index 913