TY - CHAP U1 - Konferenzveröffentlichung A1 - Mayer, Andreas T1 - Nonlinear surface acoustic waves: Theory T2 - Ultrasonics : Selected Papers from ICU 2007 N2 - A theoretical description is given for the propagation of surface acoustic wave pulses in anisotropic elastic media subject to the influence of nonlinearity. On the basis of nonlinear elasticity theory, an evolution equation is presented for the surface slope or the longitudinal surface velocity associated with an acoustic pulse. It contains a non-local nonlinearity, characterized by a kernel that strongly varies from one propagation geometry to another due to the anisotropy of the substrate. It governs pulse shape evolution in homogeneous halfspaces and the shapes of solitary surface pulses that exist in coated substrates. The theory describing nonlinear Rayleigh-type surface acoustic waves is extended in a straightforward way to surface waves that are localized at a one-dimensional acoustic waveguide like elastic wedges. KW - Akustik KW - Welle KW - Oberfläche Y1 - 2008 SN - 0041-624X SS - 0041-624X U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2008.06.009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2008.06.009 PM - 18684477 VL - 48 IS - 6/7 SP - 478 EP - 481 PB - Elsevier ER -