Stress Waves in Anelastic Solids: Symposium Held at Brown University, Providence, R. I., April 3-5, 1963(IUTAM Symposia)

Although the subject of wave propagation in solids has a long history, the classical theory of elastic waves having been developed in the nine- teenth century by STOKES, POISSON, RAYLEIGH and KELVIN, the last two decades have seen a remarkable revival of interest in this subject among both theoreticians and experimenters. There' are a number of reasons for this; first, experimental methods for the generation and detection of high frequency mechanical waves have become available only with the advent of electronic techniques and of high speed photo- graphic recording apparatus. Secondly, the appearan

Table of Contents:
Some Dynamical Applications of Shock Wave Propagation in Solids.- Propagation of Plane Shock Waves in a Stress-Relaxing Medium.- Precurseurs elastoplastiques d'ondes de choc en milieu solide isotrope.- Propagation of Magnetoelastic Disturbances in Viscoelastic Bodies.- On the Numerical Solution of a Wave Propagation Problem in the Theory of Dislocation Motion.- Vibrations d'une structure lamellaire sous fluage localise.- Dynamics of an Anelastic String of Variable Length.- Anelastic Waves in Thin Plates.- Some Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Propagation of Longitudinal Plastic Waves in a Strain-Rate-Dependent Material.- Some Problems of the Mechanics of Extensible Strings.- Mechanical Waves and Strain-Rate Effects in Metals.- The Propagation of Small Amplitude Elastic-Plastic Waves in Pre-Stressed Cylindrical Bars.- The Initiation of Finite Amplitude Waves in Annealed Metals.- Visualisation of Wave Propagation in Impulse-Loaded Bars.- Transient Stress Wave Boundary Interactions.- Reflection of a Plastic Wave at an Obstacle.- A Simple Viscoelastic Analogy for Stress Waves.- An Example of the Influence of Yield on High Pressure Wave Propagation.- Pulse Propagation in a Viscoelastic Solid with Geometric Dispersion.- Some Dynamic Characteristics of Rocks.- On Some Simplifications in the Description of the Motion of a Soft Soil.- One-Dimensional Inelastic Wave Propagation in Soils: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations.- Propagation des surfaces de discontinuite dans un milieu elastoplastique.