TY - BOOK AU - Maugin,Gerard A AU - Rousseau,Martine TI - Wave momentum and quasi-particles in physical acoustics T2 - World Scientific series on nonlinear science SN - 9789814663786 U1 - 539.72 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New Jersey : PB - World Scientific KW - Wave mechanics KW - Data processing KW - Quasiparticles (Physics) KW - Momentum wave function KW - Elastic wave propagation KW - Nonlinear acoustics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Prolegomena: wave momentum and radiative stresses in 1D in the line of Brillouin -- 2. Elements of continuum thermomechanics -- 3. Pseudomomentum and Eshelby stress -- 4. Action, phonons and wave mechanics -- 5. Transmission-reflection problem -- 6. Application to dynamic materials -- 7. Elastic surface waves in terms of quasi-particles -- 8. Electroelastic surface waves in terms of quasi-particles -- 9. Waves in generalized elastic continua -- 10. Examples of solitonic systems -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - This volume presents an original approach to physical acoustics with additional emphasis on the most useful surface acoustic waves on solids ER -