Acoustics of Layered Media II

A sequel to the authors' Acoustics of layered media I: plane and quasi-plane waves (Springer, 1990). Taken together, the two monographs present a systematic exposition of the theory of sound propagation in inhomogeneous media, which starts from first principles and includes recent accounts. More advanced topics are considered in this second volume. Although the theory of wave beams and fields of localized sources is more sophisticated than the theory of quasi- plane waves, it embraces a much wider range of interesting problems that are also important for applications. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR