Etude de la propagation d'ondes élastiques dans un milieu élastique non borne dans 2 cas : espace libre R(n) et R(n)/d, ou d est un domaine borne de R(n). Analyse du comportement asymptotique des ondes libre et diffusée par d lorsque t tend vers l'infini

L’utilisation des ondes élastiques touche des domaines aussi variés que l’évaluation non destructive des matériaux, la médecine, la sismologie ou les télécommunications. Ondes élastiques dans les solides 2 analyse le rayonnement, la diffusion et la génération de ces ondes. Il traite de l’émission d’ondes de volume ou de surface par des sources localisées sur la surface d’un solide isotrope ou anisotrope. Il examine la diffusion d’une onde élastique longitudinale ou transverse par une ou plusieurs hétérogénéités, de forme cylindrique ou sphérique. Enfin, il décrit les méthodes et les dispositifs utilisés pour engendrer et détecter les différentes ondes élastiques, par effet piézoélectrique ou par l’interaction avec un faisceau laser. De nombreuses figures illustrent ces phénomènes. Des ordres de grandeur des paramètres caractéristiques sont aussi régulièrement présentés dans le texte. Cet ouvrage s’adresse aux étudiants des masters d’acoustique, de mécanique, de géophysique, aux élèves ingénieurs ainsi qu’aux enseignants-chercheurs de ces disciplines.

This book explores the work of Bernhard Riemann and its impact on mathematics, philosophy and physics. It features contributions from a range of fields, historical expositions, and selected research articles that were motivated by Riemann’s ideas and demonstrate their timelessness. The editors are convinced of the tremendous value of going into Riemann’s work in depth, investigating his original ideas, integrating them into a broader perspective, and establishing ties with modern science and philosophy. Accordingly, the contributors to this volume are mathematicians, physicists, philosophers and historians of science. The book offers a unique resource for students and researchers in the fields of mathematics, physics and philosophy, historians of science, and more generally to a wide range of readers interested in the history of ideas.

This volume presents a catalogue of over 2000 doctoral theses by Africans in all fields of mathematics, including applied mathematics, mathematics education and history of mathematics. The introduction contains information about distribution by country, institutions, period, and by gender, about mathematical density, and mobility of mathematicians. Several appendices are included (female doctorate holders, doctorates in mathematics education, doctorates awarded by African universities to non-Africans, doctoral theses by non-Africans about mathematics in Africa, activities of African mathematicians at the service of their communities). Paulus Gerdes compiled the information in his capacity of Chairman of the African Mathematical Union Commission for the History of Mathematics in Africa (AMUCHMA). The book contains a preface by Mohamed Hassan, President of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Executive Director of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). (383 pp.)

Preface Adhesion is a phenomenon architects and civil engineers are not very familiar with. In other disciplines knowledge about surface properties and the background of bonding energies is also far from satisfactory; nevertheless there are many important· applications in concrete engineering, where adhesion is necessary for success and durability. These include: - coating and painting - repair of concrete surfaces - bonding of fresh to old concrete - crack injection - glueing of precast elements - glueing of steel to concrete, etc. In 1981 RILEM established the technical committee 52-RAC 'Resin Adherence to Concrete'. The main aims of the committee's work were - to collect research results and practical experiences - to initiate and coordinate research programs - to develop, on a scientific base, test methods for field and for laboratory purposes. One of the results of the committee's work is a state-of-the-art report, which will be presented orally as a General Report at the International Symposium ISAP '86, and will be printed either in the RILEM journal Materials and Structures or separately. Several test recommendations have been elaborated and will be prepared as drafts for the participants ofISAP '86. These are: - direct tensile test - pull-off test - direct shear test - slant shear test - four-point bending test - dynamic loading test - thermal compatibility test (two versions) - injectibility test.