The past decades have been marked by a significant increase in research interest in
nonlinearities in micro-cracked and cracked solids. As a result, a number of different …

Guided waves find their niche in cost‐effective damage identification in comparison with
conventional nondestructive evaluation. Comprehensive research has been conducted …

The structure of the earth has been extensively studied using seismic waves generated by
natural earthquakes and man-made sources. In classical seismology, the earth is …

The level of nonlinearity in the elastic response of materials containing structural damage is
far greater than in materials with no structural damage. This is the basis for nonlinear wave …

A squash ball almost doesn't bounce; a Superball bounces first left then right, seeming to
have a mind of its own. Remarkable and complex elastic behavior isn't confined to sports …

The presence of mesoscopic features and damage in quasi-brittle materials causes
significant second-order and nonlinear effects on the acoustic wave propagation …

A novel method is developed for characterizing the mechanical response and failure
mechanism of brittle rocks under dynamic compression-shear loading: an inclined cylinder …

Nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy (NEWS) represents a class of powerful tools which
explore the dynamic nonlinear stress–strain features in the compliant bond system of a …

The structural elements in a rock are characterized by their density in Preisach-Mayergoyz
space (PM space). This density is found for a Berea sandstone from stress-strain data and …

Experimental properties of a new form of creep dynamics are reported, as manifest in a
variety of sandstones, limestone, and concrete. The creep is a recovery behavior, following …