Les Schmerr received a B.S. degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1965 and a Ph.D. in Mechanics from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1970. Since 1969 he has been at Iowa State University where he is currently Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Associate Director of the Center for Nondestructive Evaluation. He is also the Permanent Secretary of the World Federation of NDE Centers. His research interests include ultrasonics, elastic wave propagation and scattering, and artificial intelligence. He has developed and taught Ultrasonics and Nondestructive Evaluation courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level. He is the author of the book Fundamental of Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation - A Modeling Approach which was published by Plenum Press in 1998 and the book Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluations Systems - Models and Measurements which was published by Springer in 2007. He is a member of IEEE, ASME, ASNT and AIAA.

Describes the fundamentals of wave propagation needed to simulate the propagation and scattering of ultrasonic waves

An updated and revised edition of a well-received classic

New edition includes MATLAB functions and scripts that make the use of models more accessible to the reader

End-of-chapter problems provide a deeper understanding of the material

Includes supplementary material: [...]

An Ultrasonic System.- Linear Systems and the Fourier Transform.- Fundamentals.- Propagation of Bulk Waves.- The Reciprocal Theorem and Other Integral Relations.- Reflection and Refraction of Bulk Waves.- Propagation of Surface Waves and Plate Waves.- Ultrasonic Transducer Radiation.- Material Attenuation and System Functions.- Flaw Scattering.- The Transducer Reception Process.- Ultrasonic Measurement Models.- Near Field Measurement Models.- Quantitative Ultrasonic NDE with Models.- Model-based Flaw Sizing.- Appendix A. The Fourier Transform.- Appendix B. The Dirac Delta Function.- Appendix C. Basic Notations and Concepts.- Appendix D. The Hilbert Transform.- Appendix E. The Method of Stationary Phase.- Appendix F. Properties of Ellipsoids.