Selected Topics in Nonlinear Wave Mechanics

From the contents:
Preface 1. Elastic Surface Waves, Resonances, and Inverse Acoustic Scattering
A. Guran, A. Nagl, and H. Überall 2. Amplitude Equation Models for the Interaction of Shocks with Nonlinear Dispersive Wave Envelopes
P.K. Newton and R.M. Axel 3. Some Aspects of One-Dimensional Finite Amplitude Elastic Wave Propagation
J.B. Haddow and R.J. Tait 4. Nonlinear Duality Between Elastic Waves and Quasi-Particles
G.A. Maugin and C.I. Christov 5. Time-Harmonic Waves in Pre-Stressed Dissipative Materials
A. Morro 6. Dissipative Effects on the Evolution of Internal Solitary Waves in a Sheared, Stably Stratified Fluid Layer
W.B. Zimmerman and M.G. Velarde 7. Dissipative Nonlinear Strain Waves in Solids
A.V. Porubov Index