Power Ultrasonics: Applications of High-Intensity Ultrasound (Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials)

Power Ultrasonics: Applications of High-Intensity Ultrasound, Second Edition provides a comprehensive reference on the fundamentals, processing, engineering, medical, food and pharmaceutical applications of ultrasonic processing. Chapters cover the fundamentals of nonlinear propagation of ultrasonic waves in fluids and solids, discuss the materials and designs of power ultrasonic transducers and devices, identify applications of high power ultrasound in materials engineering and mechanical engineering, food processing technology, environmental monitoring and remediation and industrial and chemical processing (including pharmaceuticals), medicine and biotechnology, and cover developments in ultrasound therapy and surgery applications. The new edition also includes recent advances in modeling, characterization and measurement techniques, along with additive manufacturing and micromanufacturing. This is an invaluable reference for graduate students and researchers working in the disciplines of materials science and engineering. In addition, those working on the physics of acoustics, sound and ultrasound, sonochemistry, acoustic engineering and industrial process technology, R&D managers, production, and biomedical engineers will find it useful to their work. Review Key reference on an important green technology that has applications in materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering, environmental engineering, and more From the Back Cover <i>Power Ultrasonics, Second Edition</i> is a comprehensive reference addressing the fundamentals, processing, engineering, medical, food and pharmaceutical applications of ultrasonic processing. Part one covers fundamentals of nonlinear propagation of ultrasonic waves in fluids and solids. It also discusses the materials and designs of power ultrasonic transducers and devices. Part two, Part three and four looks at applications of high power ultrasound in materials engineering and mechanical engineering, food processing technology, environmental monitoring and remediation and industrial and chemical processing (including pharmaceuticals), medicine and biotechnology.<br><br>The second edition includes the latest developments in ultrasound therapy and surgery applications. The new edition also includes recent advances in modelling, characterization, and measurement techniques along with additive manufacturing and micromanufacturing.<br><br><i>Power Ultrasonics, Second Edition</i> is an invaluable reference for graduate students and researchers working in the disciplines of materials science and engineering. The book may also be useful for those working on the physics of acoustics, sound and ultrasound, sonochemistry, acoustic engineering and industrial process technology, and for R&D managers, production and biomedical engineers. About the Author Juan A. Gallego-Juárez, Research Professor at the Higher Council for Scientific Research of Spain (CSIC). Karl Graff, Senior Engineer at EWI and Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University, USA.