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Technical Publications In Nonlinear, Nonequilibrium Elasticity in Diverse Materials

Nonlinear Mescopic Elasticity

Robert A. Guyer and Paul A. Johnson
Print ISBN: 9783527407033, Online ISBN: 9783527628261
DOI:10.1002/9783527628261
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The following is a topical listing of our publications. We also have our publications listed chronologically. If, in the files below, you aren't able to find what you are seeking, contact either Paul Johnson or James TenCate. Perhaps we can help.

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Review Papers
Basic Research, Theory and Modeling of Elastic Nonlinear Behavior
Nonlinear Nondestructive Evaluation, Damage Assessment, and Imaging
Time Reversal in Solids & Time Reversal Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy
Combined Neutron Studies and Elastic Nonlinearity in Earth Materials
Nonlinear Elasticity in Medicine
Earthquake Triggering Processes, Granular Media, Earthquake Strong Ground Motion & Elastic Nonlinearity

Review Papers

TenCate, J. A. (2011) Slow Dynamics of Earth Materials: An Experimental Overview in Pure Appl. Geophys. Special issue on Brittle Deformation, edited by Y. Ben-Zion and C. Sammis, PAGEOPH Topical Volumes, Birkhauser, 2011, pp. 65-74, DOI:10.1007/s00024-011-0268-4. (PDF File - 472 KB)

Larmat, C., R. Guyer and P. Johnson (2010), Time reversal in Seismology, Physics Today, 31-35 [invited]. (PDF File - 615 KB)

Johnson, P. A. (2009), Imaging Mechanical Defects: Time Reversal Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy (TR NEWS) and Time Reversal Imaging Methods, McGraw Hill 2009 Yearbook of Science & Technology, 174-177.

Anderson, B. E., M. Griffa, C. Larmat, TJ Ulrich, and P. A. Johnson (2008), Time Reversal, Acoust. Today, 4 (1), p. 5-16. (PDF File - 1.2 MB)

Johnson, P. A. (2006), Nonequilibrium Nonlinear-dynamics in Solids: State of the Art, The Universality of Nonclassical Nonlinearity with Applications to NonDestructive Evaluations and Ultrasonics, Delsanto, P.P., Ed., pp. 49-67, Springer, New York. (PDF File - 988 KB)

Ostrovsky, L. and P. Johnson (2001). Dynamic nonlinear elasticity in geomaterials. Rivista del Nuovo Cimento, 24, 1-46, invited. (PDF File - 596 KB)

Guyer R. A., and P. A. Johnson (1999), Nonlinear mesoscopic elasticity: Evidence for a new class of materials. Physics Today, 52, 30-35 [Invited]. (PDF File - 1.7 MB)

Johnson, P. (1999), The new wave in acoustic testing, Materials World, The J. Inst. Materials 7, 544-546. (PDF File - 3.5 MB)

Basic Research, Theory & Modeling of Elastic Nonlinear Behavior

Haupert, S., G. G. Renaud, J. Riviere, M. Talmant, P. Johnson and P. Laugier (2011) High-accuracy acoustic detection of non-classical component of material nonlinearity., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 130, 2654-2661 DOI:10.1121/1.3641405. (PDF File - 810 KB)

Riviere, J., G. Renaud, S. Haupert, M. Talmant, P. Laugier and P. Johnson (2010), Probing Interface Elastic Nonlinearity Applying Nonlinear Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy: The Case of Screw Tightness-of-fit, Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 124901 DOI:10.1063/1.3443578. (PDF File - 1.7 MB)

Van Den Abeele, K, P. Y. Le Bas, B. Van Damme, and Tomasz Katkowski (2009) Quantification of material nonlinearity in relation to microdamage density using nonlinear reverberation spectroscopy: Experimental and theoretical study, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 126, Issue 3, pp. 963-972, DOI:10.1121/1.3184583. (PDF File - 866 KB)

Brown, G. W., J. A. TenCate, R. Deluca, P. J. Rae (2009), Dynamic and quasi-static measurements of PBXN-5 and comp-B explosives, SHOCK COMPRESSION OF CONDENSED MATTER 2009: American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, DOI:10.1063/1.3295143.

Guyer, Robert A and Paul A. Johnson (2009), Nonlinear Mescopic Elasticity, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (Amazon, Wiley VCH, Sample Chapter)

Larmat, C., R.A. Guyer, P.A. Johnson (2009) Tremor source location using time-reversal: selecting the appropriate imaging field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L22304. (PDF File - 1MB)

Claytor, K. E., J. R. Koby, and J. A. TenCate (2009), Limitations of Preisach Theory: Elastic aftereffect, congruence, and end point memory, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06304, DOI:10.1029/2008GL036978. (PDF File - 232 KB)

Johnson, P. A., P. Bodin, J. Gomberg, F. Pearce, Z. Lawrence, and F. Menq (2009), Inducing in situ, nonlinear soil response applying an active source, J. Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 114, B05304. (PDF File - 3.1 MB)

Larmat, C. J.-P. Montagner, Y. Capdeville, W.B. Banerdt, P. Lognonné, J-P. Vilotte (2008), Numerical assessment of the effects of topography and crustal thickness on martian seismograms using a couples modal solution - spectral element method, Icarus, 196 (1), p. 78-89. (PDF File - 2.9MB)

Zakharov, Z.N., G.N. Feyt, O.N. Malinnikova, A.P. Averin, V. Vakhenko, O. Vakhenko, T. A. TenCate, and T. J. Shankland (2008), Rocks' Vibratory Energy in the Area of Mountain Working on the Assumption of Underground Coal Mining, XX Session of the Russian Acoustical Society, Moscow, October 27-31, 2008. (PDF File - 104 KB)

Vakhnenko, V. O., O. O. Vakhnenko, J. A. TenCate, and T. J. Shankland (2008), Quasistatic loading of Berea sandstone, ISSN 1025-6415 Reports of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, No. 1. (PDF File - 386 KB)

Ulrich, TJ, Alexander M. Sutin, Thomas Claytor, Pallas Papin, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, and James A. TenCate (2008), The time reversed elastic nonlinearity diagnostic applied to evaluation of diffusion bonds, Applied Physics Letters, 93, 151914. (PDF File - 467 KB)

Vakhnenko, Vyacheslav O., Oleksiy O. Vakhnenko, James A. TenCate, and Thomas J. Shankland (2006), Dynamical realization of end-point memory in consolidated materials, CP823, Innovations in Nonlinear Acoustics, 17th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, edited by A. A. Atchley, V W. Sparrrow, and R. M. Kaolian, American Istitute of Physics, 0-7350-0330-9/16. (PDF File - 124 KB)

Vakhnenko, Oleksiy O., Vyacheslav O. Vakhnenko, Thomas J. Shankland, and James A. TenCate (2006), Soft-ratchet modeling of slow dynamics in the nonlinear resonant response of sedimentary rocks, American Istitute of Physics, 0-7350-0330-9/16. (PDF File - 104 KB)

Pasqualini, D.; K. Heitmann, J. A. TenCate, S. Habib, D. Higdon, P. A. Johnson (2007), Nonequilibrium and nonlinear dynamics in Berea and Fontainebleau sandstones: Low-strain regime, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 112, No. B1, B01204 10.1029/2006JB004264. (PDF File - 684 KB)

Pasqualini, D. (2006), Intrinsic Nonlinearity in Geomaterials: Elastic Properties of Rocks at Low Strain, Delsanto, P.P., Ed., pp. 417-423, Springer, New York. (PDF File - 160 KB)

Vakhnenko, O, V. Vakhnenko, and T. J. Shankland (2005), Soft-ratchet modeling of end-point memory in the nonlinear resonant response of sedimentary rocks, Physical Review B-71.(PDF File - 188 KB)

Johnson, P.A. and M. Sutin (2005), Slow dynamics and anomalous nonlinear fast dynamics in diverse solids, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 117, No. 1. (PDF File - 152 KB)

Vakhnenko, O.O., V. O. Vakhnenko, T. J. Shankland, and J. A. TenCate (2004), Strain-induced kinetics of intergrain defects as the mechanism of slow dynamics in the nonlinear resonant response of humid sandstone bars. Physical Review E. Vol. 70. (PDF File - 228 KB)

TenCate, J. A., D. Pasqualini, S. Habib, K. Heitmann, D. Higdon, and P. A. Johnson, (2004), Nonlinear and Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Geomaterials. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 93, No. 6. (PDF File - 188 KB)

Johnson, P.A., B. Zinszner, P. Rasolofosaon, F. Cohen-Tenoudji, K. Van Den Abeele (2004). Dynamic measurements of the nonlinear elastic parameter in rock under varying conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research. 109, 10129-10139. (PDF File - 688 KB)

Scalerandi, M., P. P. Delsanto, V. Agostini, K.Van Den Abeele, and P. A. Johnson (2003), Local Interaction Simulation Approach to Modeling Nonclassical, Nonlinear Elastic Behavior in Solids, Journ. Ac. Soc. Am. 113, 3049-3059. (PDF File - 392 KB)

Lebedev, A. V., L. Ostrovskii, A. M. Sutin, I. Soustova, P. Johnson (2003), Resonant acoustic spectroscopy at low Q factors, Acoustical Physics 49 81-87 (2003). Translated from Akustichesk Zhurnal, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 92-99. (Original Russian Text Copyright 2003 by Lebedev, Ostrovski, Sutin, Soustova, Johnson). (PDF File - 104 KB)

Scalerandi, M., P. P. Delsanto, and P. A. Johnson (2003), Stress induced conditioning and thermal relaxation in quasi-static compression experiments, J. of Physics D: Applied Physics 36, 288-93. (PDF File - 348 KB)

Pasqualini, D. and R.A. Guyer (2002), Thermal-Stochastic Properties of Hysteretic Elastic System: The Quasi-Static Limit. Nonlinear Acoustics at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Vol. 2, pp. 703-706. (PDF File - 80 KB)

Capdeville, Y., C. Larmat, J.-P. Montagner, J.-P. Vilotte (2002), A new coupled spectral element and modal solution method for global seismology : a first application to the scattering induced by a plume-like anomaly, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(9), p. 32-1-4. (PDF File - 1.2MB)

Ten Cate, J.A., J. Duran, and T.J. Shankland (2002), Nonlinearity and Slow Dynamics in Rocks: Response to Changes of Temperature and Humidity. Nonlinear Acoustics at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Vol. 2, pp. 767-770.(PDF File - 104 KB)

Ulrich, TJ, K. McCall, and R. Guyer (2002), Determination of elastic moduli of rock samples using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 4. (PDF File - 116 KB)

Delsanto, P. P., P. A.Johnson, M. Scalerandi, and J. A. TenCate (2002), LISA simulations of time-reversed acoustic and elastic wave experiments, J. of Physics D: Applied Physics 35, 3145-3152. (PDF File - 284 KB)

Van Den Abeele, K., J. Carmeliet, P. A. Johnson, and B. Zinzsner (2002), The influence of water saturation on the nonlinear mesoscopic response of earth materials, and the implications to the mechanism of nonlinearity. Journal of Geophysics Research Vol. 107, 10, 1029-10, 1040. (PDF File - 804 KB)

Ostrovsky, L. and P. Johnson (2001), Nonlinear dynamics of rock: hysteretic behaviour. Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics. 44. (PDF File - Unavailable)

Darling, T. W., TJ Ulrich, P. A. Johnson, and J. A. TenCate (2001), Low temperature elastic constants and nonlinear acoustic response in rocks and complex materials. (PDF File - 112 KB)

Ulrich TJ and T. W. Darling (2001), Observation of anomalous elastic behavior in rock at low temperatures. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 2293-2296. (PDF File - 320 KB)

Ostrovsky, L. and P. Johnson (2001), Dynamic nonlinear elasticity in geomaterials, Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 24, 1-46, invited. (PDF File - 2.2 MB)

Ostrovsky, L., A. Lebedev, A. Matveyev, A. Potapov, A. Sutin, I. Soustova, and P. Johnson (2001), Application of three-dimensional resonant acoustic spectroscopy method to rock and building materials. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 110, 4. (PDF File - 112 KB)

Ostrovsky, Lev A., Paul A. Johnson, and Thomas J. Shankland (2000), The Mechanism of Strong Nonlinear Elasticity in Earth Solids, Nonlinear Acoustics at the Turn of the Millennium: ISNA 15, edited by W. Lauterborn and T. Kurz, American Institute of Physics 1-56396-945-9/007. (PDF File - 460 KB)

TenCate, James A., Eric Smith, Loren W. Byers and Thomas J. Shankland (2000), Slow Dynamics Experiments in Solids with Nonlinear Mesoscopic Elasticity, CP524, Nonlinear Acoustics at the Turn of the Millennium: ISNA 15 edited by W. Lauterborn and T. Kurz, American Institute of Physics 1-56396-945-9 303. (PDF File - 186 KB)

Guyer, R. A. and P. A. Johnson (2000), Hysteresis, Energy Landscapes and Slow Dyamics: A survey of the elastic properties of rocks, Jour. Materials Processing & Manufacturing Science 9, 14-26. (PDF File - Unavailable)

Smith, D. E. and J. TenCate (2000), Sensitive determination of nonlinear properties of Berea sandstone at low strains, Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 27 No. 13, 1985-1988. (PDF File - 1.3 MB)

TenCate, J., E. Smith, and R. Guyer (2000), Universal Slow Dynamics in Granular Solids, Phys Rev. Lett Vol. 85, No. 5 1020-1023. (PDF File - 148 KB)

Guyer, R. A., J. A. TenCate, and P. A. Johnson (1999), Hysteresis and the Dynamic Elasticity of Consolidated Granular Materials. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 82, No. 16, 3280-3283.(PDF File - 212 KB)

Van Den Abeele, Koen E.A., Paul A. Johnson, and Fabian Bonilla (December, 1999), Transient Feedback Softening and Nonlinear Frequency Mixing in Strong Ground Motion. Accepted for publication in Bull. Seism. Soc. Am.

Ten Cate, J. A. and T. J. Shankland (1998), Slow Dynamics and Nonlinear Response at Low Strains in Berea Sandstone, Proceedings of the 16th International Congress on Acoustics and 135th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 3, P. A. Kuhl and L. A. Crum, Eds., American Institute of Physics, New York, NY, 1565-1566. (PDF File - 100 KB)

Guyer, R. A., K. R. McCall, and K. Van Den Abeele (1998), Slow elastic dynamics in a resonant bar of rock, Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 1585.

Johnson, P. A. and Guyer, R. A. (1998), The astonishing case of mesoscopic elastic nonlinearity, Physics Today. (PDF File - 5.8 MB)

Smith, E. and J. A. TenCate (1998), Sensitive determination of low-strain nonlinear properties of Berea sandstone, Geophysics Res..

Guyer, R. A., P. A. Johnson, and J. A. TenCate (1998), Hysteresis and the Dynamic Elasticity of Consolidated Granular Materials, Phys Rev. Lett. (PDF File - 212 KB)

Ostrovsky, L. A. and P. A. Johnson (1998), Acoustic nonlinearities in earth solids, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 103, 2925.

VanDenAbeele, K. E-A., P. A. Johnson, R. A. Guyer, and K. R. McCall (1997), On the quasi-analytic treatment of hysteretic nonlinear response in elastic wave propagation, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 101, 1885-1898. (PDF File - 344 KB)

Zinszner, B., P. A. Johnson, and P. N. J. Rasolofosaon (1997), Influence of Change in Physical State on Elastic Nonlinear Response in Rock: Effects of Confining Pressure and Saturation, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8105-8120. (PDF File - 1.4 MB)

Shankland, T. J., A. G. Duba, E. A. Mathez, and C. Peach (1997), Increase of Electrical Conductivity with Pressure as an Indicator of Conduction through a Solid Phase in Mid-Crustal Rocks, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 14741-14750.

Guyer, R. A., K. R. McCall, G. N. Boitnott, L. B. Hilbert Jr., and T. J. Plona (1997), Quantitative use of Preisach-Mayergoyz space to find static and dynamic elastic moduli in rock, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 8105-8120. (PDF File - 1.0 MB)

Van Den Abeele, Koen E-A, Paul A. Johnson, Robert A. Guyer, and Katherine R. McCall (1997), On the quasi-analytic treatment of hysteretic nonlinear response in elastic wave propagation. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(4), 1885-1898.

Ten Cate, James A., Koen E. A. Van Den Abeele, Thomas J. Shankland, and Paul A. Johnson (1996), Laboratory study of linear and nonlinear elastic pulse propagation in sandstone. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100(3), 1383-1391.

Van Den Abeele K. (1996), Elastic pulsed Wave Propagation in media with Second or Higher Order Nonlinearity. Part I: Theoretical Framework. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99(6), 3334-3345.

Van Den Abeele, K. and P. A Johnson(1996), Elastic pulsed Wave Propagation in media with Second or Higher Order Nonlinearity. Part II: Simulation of Experimental Measurements on Berea Sandstone. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99(6), 3346-3352.

Van Den Abeele K., R. Briers, and O. Leroy (1996), Inhomogeneous plane wave scattering and mode stimulation on periodic rough surfaces. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99(5), 2883-2897.

Van Den Abeele K. and M. A. Breazeale (1996), Theoretical Model for the Description of Dispersive Nonlinear Properties in PZT Ceramics, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99(3), 1430-1437.

Johnson, P. A., B. Zinszner, and P. N. J. Rasolofosaon (1996), Resonance and nonlinear elastic phenomena in rock, J. Geophys. Res. 101(B5), 11553-11564 . (PDF File - 3.7 MB)

TenCate, J. A. and T. J. Shankland (1996), Slow dynamics in the nonlinear elastic response of Berea sandstone, Geophys. Res. Lett. 23(21), 3019-3022. (PDF File - 436 KB)

TenCate, James A. and Thomas J. Shankland (October 15, 1996), Slow dynamics in the nonlinear elastic response of Berea sandstone, Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 3019-3022.

Kadish, Abraham and Paul A. Johnson (1996), Evaluating hysteresis in earth materials under dynamic resonance, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 25139-25147.

TenCate, James, A., Koen E-A Van Den Abeele, Thomas J. Shankland, and Paul Johnson (1996), Laboratory study of linear and nonlinear elastic pulse propagation in sandstone, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 100, 1383-1391.

Kadish, Abraham, James A. TenCate, and Paul Johnson (1996), Frequency Spectra of Nonlinear Elastic Pulse-Mode Waves, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 100, 1375-1382.

Van Den Abeele, Koen E-A (1996), Elastic pulsed wave propagation in media with second or higher order nonlinearity. Part I: Theoretical framework, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 99, 3334-3345.

Van Den Abeele, Koen E-A and Paul A. Johnson (1996), Elastic pulsed wave propagation in media with second or higher order nonlinearity. Part II: Simulation of experimental measurements on Berea sandstone, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 99, 3346-3352.

Johnson, Paul A., Bernard Zinszner, and Patrick N. J. Rasolofosaon (1996), Resonance and elastic nonlinear phenomena in rock, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 11553-11564.

Johnson, P. A., P. N. J. Rasolofosaon, K. McCall, R. A. Guyer, B. Zinszner, B. Bonner, G. Boitnott, and G. D. Meegan (1996), Manifestation of nonlinear elasticity in rock: Convincing evidence over large frequency and strain intervals from laboratory studies, Nonlinear Geophysics.

McCall, K.R. and R. A. Guyer (1996), Hysteresis, discrete memory and nonlinear elastic wave propagation in rock: a new theoretical paradigm, Nonlinear Geophysics.

Guyer, R. A. and K. R. McCall (1996), Capillary condensation, invasion percolation, hysteresis, and discrete memory, Physical Review B, 54, 18.

Van Den Abeele, K. and M. A. Breazeale (1996), Theoretical model to describe dispersive nonlinear properties of lead zirconate-titanate ceramics, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 99, 1430-1437.

Johnson, Paul A. and P. N. J. Rasolofosaon (1996), Nonlinear elasticity and stress-induced anisotropy in rocks, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3113-3124. (PDF File - 3.5 MB)

Kadish, Abraham (1995), Information paths and the determination of state relations from displacement velocity measurements of elastic rods, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 97, 1489-1498.

Guyer, R. A., K. R. McCall, and G. N. Boitnott (April,1995), Hysteresis, discrete memory and nonlinear wave propagation in rock: A new paradigm, Phys. Rev. Let., 3491-3494.

McCall, K. R. and R. A. Guyer (December, 1994), Equation of state and wave propagation in hysteretic nonlinear elastic material, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 23887-23897.

McCall, K. R. (1994), Theoretical study of nonlinear elastic wave propagation, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 2591-2600.

Johnson, P. A. and K. R. McCall (1994), Observation and implications of nonlinear elastic wave response in rock, Geophys. Res. Let 21, 165-168.

Van Den Abeele, K., M. A. Breazeale, O. Leroy O., and J. K (January 1994), Strong Interaction of Arbitrary Fields of Sound and Light: Application to Higher Order Bragg Imaging. J. Appl. Phys. 75 (1), pp. 84-95.

Van Den Abeele, K. and O. Leroy (1993), On the Influence of Frequency and Width of an Ultrasonic Bounded Beam in the Investigation of Materials: Study in Terms of Heterogeneous Plane Waves. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93(5), pp. 2688-2699.

Van Den Abeele, K. and O. Leroy (1993), Complex Harmonic Wave Scattering as the Framework for Investigation of Bounded Beam Reflection and Transmission at Plane Interfaces and its Importance in the Study of Vibrational Modes. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 93(1), pp. 308-323.

Johnson, P. A., T. M. Hopson, T. J. Shankland, and B. P. Bonner (1993), Parametric Beam Formation in Rock, Review of Progress in Quantitative Evaluation, vol. 11b, edited by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, Plenum, New York, pp. 2049-2055.

Meegan, G. D., Jr., P. A. Johnson, K. R. McCall, and R. Guyer (1993), Observations of nonlinear elastic wave behavior in sandstone, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 94, 3387-3391.

Shankland, T. J., P. A. Johnson, and T. M. Hopson (March 5, 1993), Elastic Wave Atttenuation and Velocity of Berea Sandstone Measured in the Frequency Domain, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 20, No. 5, Pages 391-394. (PDF File - 320 KB)

McCall, K. R. (1993), Theoretical study of nonlinear acoustic wave propagation, J. Geophys. Res. 99, 2591-2600.

Paul A. Johnson, Thomas M. Hopson, and Thomas J. Shankland (November 1992), Frequency-domain travel time (FDTT) measurement of ultrasonic waves by use of linear and nonlinear sources, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92 (5). (PDF File - 500 KB)

Paul A. Johnson, T. M. Hopson, B. P. Bonner, T. J. Sankland (1992), Parametric Beam Formation in Rock, Review of Progress in Quantative Nondestructive Evaluation, Vol 11, Plenam Press, NY. (PDF File - 748 KB)

Johnson, P. A., A. Migliori, and T. J. Shankland (1991), Continuous Wave Phase Detection for Probing Nonlinear Elastic Interactions in Rock, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 89, 598-603.

Van Den Abeele K. and O. Leroy (November 1991), Probing of Ultrasonic Pulses by Multidirectional Light Ultrasonics 29, pp 464-470.

Antonov S.N., V. N. Sotnikov, O. Leroy, and K. Van Den Abeele (September 1991), Direct Optical Characterization of Ultrasonic Waves using Raman-Nath Diffraction of Convergent Light. Ultrasonics 29, pp 366-369.

Johnson, P. A., and T. J. Shankland (1989), Nonlinear Generation of Elastic Waves in Granite and Sandstone: Continuous Wave and Traveltime Observations, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 17729-17734. (PDF File - 368 KB)

Johnson, Paul A., Albert Migliori, and Thornas J. Shankland (February, 1991), Continuous wave phase detection for probing nonlinear elastic wave interactions in rocks J. Acousst. Soc Am. 89 (2). (PDF File - 500 KB)

Waelkens, C., K. Van Den Abeele, and H. Van Winckel (1991), Observational evidence for metallicity-dependence of the Cephei instability strip. Astron. Astrophys. 251, pp 69-74.

Johnson, Paul A. and Thomas J. Shankland (April 10, 1987), Nonlinear Generation of Elastic Waves in Crystalline Rock, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 92, No. B5, Pages 3597-3602. (PDF File - 548 KB)

Van Den Abeele, K. and O. Leroy O (November 1990), Light Diffraction by Ultrasonic Pulses: Analytical and Numerical Solutions of the Extended Raman-Nath Equations. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88(5), pp 2298-2315.

Waelkens, C., P. Lampens, D. Heynderickx, J. Cuypers, K. Degryse, S. Poedts, R. Polfliet, J. Denoyelle, K. Van Den Abeele, F. Rufener, and P. Smeyers (April 1990), Geneva photometry of stars in the double cluster h- and c-Persei. Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 83, pp 11-25.

Denoyelle, J., C. Waelkens, J. Cuypers, K. Degryse, D. Heynderickx, P. Lampens, S. Poedts, R. Polfliet, F. Rufener, P. Smeyers and K. Van Den Abeele (1990), Main-Sequence Broadening in the Double cluster h- and c-Persei. Astrophysics and Space Science 196, pp 109-111.

Time Reversal in Solids & Time Reversal Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy

Riviere, Jacques, Sylvain Haupert, Pascal Laugier, T. J. Ulrich, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, and Paul A. Johnson (March 2012) Time reversed elastic nonlinearity diagnostic applied to mock osseointegration monitoring applying two experimental models, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 131 (3), DOI: 10.1121/1.3683251. (PDF File - 792 KB or ASA Link)

Larmat, C, R.A. Guyer and P.A. Johnson (2011) Time reversal in Seismology, Parity, 63, p 19-27.

Larmat, C., C.S. Clay (2011) Time reversal methods, invited article in the Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics (ESEG), Springer. (Link)

Le Bas, P. Y., T. J. Ulrich, B. E. Anderson, R. A. Guyer, and P. A. Johnson (2011) Probing the interior of a solid volume with time reversal and nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Volume 130, Issue 4, pp. EL258-EL263, DOI:10.1121/1.3638926. (PDF File - 808 KB)

Anderson, B., M. Griffa, T.J. Ulrich and P. A. Johnson (2011) Time reversal reconstruction of finite sized sources in elastic media, J. Acoust. Soc. Am.-EL, 130 EL219-EL-EL225, DOI:10.1121/1.3635378. (PDF File - 934 KB)

Kremers, S., A. Fichtner, G.B. Brietzke, H. Igel, C. Larmat, L. Huang, M. Käser (2011) Exploring the potentials and limitations of the time-reversal imaging of finite seismic sources, Solid Earth, 2, 95-105, DOI:10.5194/sed-2-95-2011. (PDF File - 3.4 MB) - (Link)

Larmat, C., P.A. Johnson, R.A. Guyer (2011) Using time-reversal to locate non-volcanic tremor and to fulfill the monitoring objectives of the nuclear-test ban treaty, POMA, 10(1), p. 045006-045006-14, DOI:10.1121/1.3533135. (PDF File - 3.4 MB)

Anderson, B., M. Griffa, P-Y Le Bas, T. J. Ulrich and P. Johnson (2011), Experimental implementation of reverse time migration for nondestructive evaluation applications, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129 EL8-EL14 DOI:10.1121/1.3526379. (PDF File - 2.1 MB)

Larmat, C., R. Guyer, and P. Johnson (2010), Time reversal in Seismology, Physics Today, 31-35, invited. (PDF File - 615 KB)

Larmat, C., R. A. Guyer, P.A. Johnson (2009), Tremor source location using time-reversal: selecting the appropriate imaging field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L22304. (PDF File - 1MB)

Anderson, B., T. J. Ulrich, M. Griffa, P.-Y. Le Bas, M. Scalerandi, A. S. Gliozzi, and P. A. Johnson (2009), Experimentally identifying masked sources applying time reversal with the selective source reduction method, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 083506. (PDF File - 1.4 MB)

Ulrich, T. J., Koen Van Den Abeele, Pierre-Yves Le Bas, Michele Griffa, Brian E. Anderson, and Robert A. Guyer (2009), Three component time reversal: Focusing vector components using a scalar source, Journal of Applied Physics, 106, 113504, DOI:10.1063/1.3259371. (PDF File - 1.2 MB)

Anderson, B.E., R.A. Guyer, T.J. Ulrich, P-Y. Le Bas, C. Larmat, M. Griffa, and P.A. Johnson (2009), Energy current imaging method for time reversal in elastic media, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 021907.(PDF File - 428 KB)

Scalerandi, M., M. Griffa, P.A. Johnson (2009), Robustness of computational time reversal imaging in media with elastic constant uncertainties, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 114911, DOI:10.1063/1.3269718. (Abstract or PDF File - 1.3 MB)

Anderson, B., R. A. Guyer, TJ Ulrich, and P. A. Johnson (2009), Time reversal of continuous-wave, monochromatic signals in elastic media, Applied Physics Letters, 94 111908-1-4. (PDF File - 376 KB)

Larmat, C., J. Tromp, Q. Liu, J.-P. Montagner (2008), Time-Reversal location of glacial earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res., 113(B9), B09314. (PDF File - 1.4MB)

Anderson, B. E., M. Griffa, C. Larmat, TJ Ulrich, and P. A. Johnson (2008), Time Reversal, Acoust. Today 4 5-16.

Ulrich, T.J., M. Griffa, B. E. Anderson (2008), Symmetry-based imaging condition in time reversed acoustics, J. Appl. Phys. 104, 064912-1/8, DOI:10.1063/1.2980323. (Abstract Link)

Anderson, B. E., M. Scalerandi, A. S. Gliozzi, M. Griffa, T. J. Ulrich and P. A. Johnson (2008), Selective source reduction to identify masked smaller sources using time reversed acoustics (TRA), Review of Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Vol. 27, ed. by D. O. Thompson and D. E. Chimenti, American Institute of Physics 978-0-7354-0494-6. (PDF File - 1 MB)

Scalerandi, M., A. S. Gliozzi, B. E. Anderson, M. Griffa, P. A. Johnson, TJ Ulrich (2008), Selective source reduction to identify masked sources using time reversal acoustics J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 155504. (PDF File)

Ulrich, TJ, A. M. Sutin, R. A. Guyer, and P. A. Johnson (2008), Time reversal and nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy TR NEWS techniques, Int. J. Nonlinear Mech., 43, 209-216. (PDF File - 1.1 MB)

Griffa, M., B. E. Anderson, R. A. Guyer, TJ Ulrich, P. A. Johnson (2008), Investigation of the robustness of time reversal acoustics in solid media through the reconstruction of temporally symmetric sources, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 085415. (Abstract)

Anderson, B. E., M. Griffa, C. Larmat, TJ Ulrich, and P. A. Johnson (2008), Time Reversal, Acoust. Today, 4 (1), p. 5-16. (PDF File - 1.2 MB)

Anderson, B. E., M. Griffa, TJ Ulrich, P. A. Johnson, and R. A. Guyer (2007), Improving spatial resolution of a time-reversed focus using frequency-domain signal processing, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 122, p. 3072.

Ulrich, TJ, B. E. Anderson, P. A. Johnson, A. M. Sutin, and R. A. Guyer (2007), Nonlinear dynamics and time reversed acoustic imaging in damaged solids, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, p. 3164.

Johnson, P. A., TJ Ulrich, and B. E. Anderson, Advances in time reversal nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy (TR NEWS) for application to nonlinear nondestructive evaluation, Imaging and source complexity, presented at the 19th Internat. Cong. on Acoust.

Ulrich, TJ, B. E. Anderson, and M. Griffa (2007), Improving Focal Determination of Time Reversed Acoustic Signals, presented at the 2007 Rev. of Prog. in Quant. Nondestruct. Eval.

Ulrich, TJ, P. A. Johnson, and R. A. Guyer (9 March 2007), Interaction Dynamics of Elastic Waves with a Complex Nonlinear Scatterer through the Use of a Time Reversal Mirror, Physical Review Letters, PRL 98, 104301. (PDF File - 468 KB)

Larmat, L., J.-P. Montagner, M. Fink, Y. Capdeville, A. Tourin, and E. Clevede (2006), Time-Reversal Imaging of Seismic Sources and Applications to the Great Sumatra Earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., p: L19312, DOI:10.1029/2006GLO26336. (PDF File - 1.2 MB)

Ulrich, TJ, P. A. Johnson, and A. M. Sutin (2006), Imaging Nonlinear Scatterers Applying the Time Reversal Mirror, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 119, 1514-1518. (PDF File - 1.3 MB)

Linear and Nonlinear Time Reverse Acoustics in Geomaterials - HTML.

Sutin, A. M. and P. A. Johnson (2005), Nonlinear elastic wave NDE II. Nonlinear wave modulation spectroscopy and nonlinear time reversed acoustics, 31st Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation; July 25-30, 2004; Colorado Sch Mines; Golden, CO, AIP Conference Proceedings; v.760, p.385-392. (PDF File - 973 KB)

Sutin, A. M. and P. A. Johnson (2004). Nonlinear Elastic Wave NDE II: Nonlinear Wave Modulation Spectroscopy and Nonlinear Time reversed Acoustics. QNDE Review of Progress, Golden, Colorado, USA. August 23-26, invited. (PDF File - 2.9 MB)

Sutin, A. M., J. A. TenCate, and P. A. Johnson (2004), Single-channel time reversal in elastic solids. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 116, No. 5, 2779-2784. (PDF File - 160 KB)

Sutin, A. M., P. A. Johnson, and J. A. TenCate (2003), Development of Nonlinear Time Reversed Acoustics (NLTRA) for Applications to Crack Detection in Solids. WCU, Paris. September 7-10, pgs. 155-158. (PDF File - 352 KB)

Johnson, P. A., M. Scalerandi, J. A. TenCate (2002), LISA simulations of time-reversed acoustic and elastic wave experiments, J. of Physics D: Applied Physics 35, 3145-3152. (PDF File - 284 KB)

As our TR-related publications are numerous and multipying, please visit the Time Reversal Publications page.

Nonlinear Nondestructive Evaluation, Damage Assessment, & Imaging

Payan, C, T.J. Ulrich, P.-Y. Le Bas and M. Guimaraes (2012) Quantitative linear and nonlinear resonant inspection techniques for characterizing thermal damage in concrete Acoustics 2012, LAUR 12-20274. (PDF File - 956 KB)

Payan, C, T.J. Ulrich, P.-Y. Le Bas and M. Guimaraes (2012) Probing materials damage at various depths by use of Time Reversal Elastic Nonlinearity Diagnostic: Application to concrete Acoustics 2012, LAUR 12-20274. (PDF File - 928 KB)

Darling, Timothy, W., Bradley Allureda, James A. TenCate and Michael A. Carpenter (2010), Electric field effects in RUS measurements, Ultrasonics, 50, 145-149.

Payan, C., V. Garnier, J Moysan, and P. Johnson (2009), Determination of third order constants in a complex solid by coda wave interferometry, Appl. Phys. 94, 011904. (PDF File - 174 KB)

Muller, M., D. Mitton, M. Talmant, P. Johnson, P. Laugier (2008), Nonlinear ultrasound can detect accumulated damage in human bone, Journal of Biomechanics, 41, 1062-1068. (PDF File - 462 KB)

Payan, C., V. Garnier, J. Moysan, and P. Johnson (2007), Applying nonlinear resonant ultrasound spectroscopy to improving thermal damage assessment, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121 (4) EL125-EL130. (PDF File - 152 KB)

Ulrich TJ, Paul A. Johnson, and Robert A. Guyer (9 March 2007), Interaction Dynamics of Elastic Waves with a Complex Nonlinear Scatterer through the Use of a Time Reversal Mirror, Physical Review Letters, PRL 98, 104301. (PDF File - 468 KB)

Johnson, P.A. and M. Sutin (2005), Slow dynamics and anomalous nonlinear fast dynamics in diverse solids, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 117, No. 1. (PDF File - 152 KB)

TenCate, J. A., S. Vogel, D. W. Brown, B. Clausen, and M. Bourke (2005), Using SMARTS to Learn About the Peculiar Nature of Rocks Under Compressive Stress, LANSCE Division Research Review, LA-UR-05-2852. (PDF File - 380 KB)

Lacouture, J. C., P. Johnson, and F. Cohen-Tenoudji (2003), Study of critical behavior in concrete during curing by application of dynamic linear and nonlinear means, J. Acoust. Soc. 113, 1325-1332. - (PDF File - 1 MB)

Kazakov, V. V. and P. A. Johnson (2002), Nonlinear Wave Modulation Imaging. Nonlinear Acoustics at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Vol. 2, pp. 763-766. (PDF File - 324 KB)

Kazakov, V. V. , A. Sutin, and P. Johnson (2002), Sensitive imaging of an elastic nonlinear wave source in a solid, Applied Physics Letters., 81, 646-648. (PDF File - 260 KB)

Kazakov, V. V. and P. A. Johnson (2002). Nonlinear Wave Modulation Imaging. Nonlinear Acoustics at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Vol. 2, pp. 763-766. (PDF File - 324 KB)

Van Den Abeele, K. E-A., A. Sutin, J. Carmeliet, and P. Johnson (2001), Micro-damage diagnostics using nonlinear wave spectrscopy (NEWS), NDT&E International 34, 239-248. (PDF File - 672 KB)

Van Den Abeele, K. and J. De Visscher (2000), Damage assessment in reinforced concrete using spectral and temporal nonlinear vibration techniques. Cement and Concrete Research. 30, 1453-1464. (PDF File - 1.4 MB)

Van Den Abeele, K. E.-A., J. Carmeliet, J. TenCate, and P. A. Johnson (2000), Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy (NEWS) techniques to discern material damage. Part II: Single Mode Nonlinear Resonance Acoustic Spectroscopy, Research on NonDestructive Evaluation 12, 31-43. (PDF File - 260 KB)

Van Den Abeele, K. E.-A., P. A. Johnson, and A. Sutin (2000), Nonlinear Elastic Wave Spectroscopy (NEWS) techniques to discern material damage. Part I: Nonlinear Wave Modulation Spectroscopy (NWMS), Research on NonDestructive Evaluation 12, 17-30. (PDF File - 672 KB)

Johnson, P. (1999), The new wave in acoustic testing, Materials World, The J. Inst. Materials 7, 544-546. (PDF File - 3.5 MB)

Johnson, P. A., A. Sutin and K. E.-A. Van Den Abeele (1999), Application of nonlinear modulation spectroscopy to discern damage in materials, J. Acoust. Soc. Am..

Johnson, P. A., A. Sutin and K. E-A. Van Den Abeele (1998), Application of Nonlinear Elastic Modulation Spectroscopy to Discern Damage in Materials, J. Acoust. Soc. Am..

Van Den Abeele, K. E., P. A. Johnson, R. A. Guyer, and K. R. McCall (1997), On the quasi-analytic treatment of hysteretic nonlinear response in elastic wave propagation, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 101(4), 1885-1898.

Combined Neutron Studies & Elastic Nonlinearity in Earth Materials

TenCate, J., T. Darling, and T. Proffen (2005), The Puzzle of Unexpected Disorder: Probing Rocks with Neutrons, LA-UR-05-8694.

Exploring Nonlinear Mechanical Behaviour of Rocks at LANSE - HTML.

Darling, T. W., J. A. TenCate, D. W. Brown, B. Clausen, and S. C. Vogel (2004), Neutron diffraction study of the contribution of grain contacts to nonlinear stress-strain behavior. Geophysical Research Letters. VOL. 31. (PDF File - 192 KB)

Page, K. L., Th. Proffen, S. E. McLain, T. W. Darling, and J. A. TenCate (2004), Local atomic structure of Fontainebleau sandstone: Evidence for an amorphous phase? Geophysical Research Letters. Vol. 31. (PDF File - 284 KB)

Nonlinear Elasticity in Medicine

Muller, M., T.J. Ulrich, M. Talmant, P. Laugier, and P. A. Johnson (2008), Assessment of damage in cortical bone using nonlinear acoustic techniques, in Biomedical applications of vibration and acoustics for imaging, characterization and diagnostics, ASME Press. Ed. Ahmed Al-Jumaily, invited. (PDF File - 488 KB)

Muller, M., D. Mitton, M. Talmant, P. A. Johnson, P. Laugier (2008), Nonlinear ultrasound can detect accumulated damage in human bone, Journal of Biomechanics, 41, 1062-1068. (PDF File - 462 KB)

Ulrich, TJ, Paul A. Johnson, Marie Müller, David Mitton, Maryline Talmant, and Pascal Laugier (2007), Application of nonlinear dynamics to monitoring progressive fatigue damage in human cortical bone, Applied Physics Letters, 91, 213901 (PDF File - 248 KB)

Muller, M., A. Sutin, R. Guyer, M. Talmant, P. Laugier, and P. A. Johnson (2005), Nonlinear resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (NRUS) applied to damage assessment in bone, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 118, 3946-3952 (PDF File - 316 KB)

Earthquake Triggering Processes, Granular Media, Earthquake Strong Ground Motion & Elastic Nonlinearity

See also our web page related to this topic.

Daub, E. Ben-Naim, E., R. Guyer and P. Johnson (2012) Are mega-quakes clustered? Geophys. Res. Lett. 39 L06308-L06314, DOI:10.1029/2012GL051465.

Daub, E., D. R. Shelly, R. Guyer, and P. Johnson (2011) Brittle and ductile friction and the physics of tectonic tremor, Geophysical Research Letters 38, L10301, DOI:10.1029/2011GL046866. (PDF File - 399 KB)

Griffa., M., E. Daub, R. Guyer, P. Johnson, C. Marone, and J. Carmeliet (2011) Vibration-induced unjamming of sheared granular layers and the micromechanics of dynamic earthquake triggering, European Physical Physics Letters, 96, 14001. (PDF File - 641 KB)

Brunet, Thomas, Xiaoping Jia, and Paul A. Johnson (2008), Transitional nonlinear elastic behaviour in dense granular media, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L19308, DOI:10.1029/2008GL035264. (PDF File - 488 KB)

Lawrence, Z., P. Bodin, C. Langston, F. Pearce, J. Gomberg, P. Johnson, F-Y. Meng, and T. Brackman (2008), Induced Dynamic Nonlinear Ground Response at Garner Valley, California, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 98, 1412-1428. (PDF File - 1.2 MB)

Johnson, P. A., Heather Savage, Matt Knuth, Joan Gomberg, and Chris Marone (3 January 2008) Effects of acoustic waves on stick-slip in granular media and implications for earthquakes, Nature, 451, doi:10.1038/nature06440. (PDF File - 391 KB)

Zakharov, V.N., G.N. Feyt, O.N. Malinnikova, A.P. Averin, V. Vakhenko, O. Vakhenko, T. A. Tencate, and T. J. Shankland (2008), Rocks' Vibratory Energy in the Area of Mountain Working on the Assumption of Underground Coal Mining, XX Session of the Russian Acoustical Society, Moscow, October 27-31, 2008. (PDF File - 104 KB)

Brunet, T., X. Jia and P. Johnson (2006), Nonlinear propagation of pulsed ultrasonic waves in stressed granular solids, French Acoustical Society 2006 Meeting, Toulouse, France. (PDF File - 652 KB)

Elastic Nonlinear Response in Granular Media Under Resonance Conditions - HTML.

Johnson, P. A. and X. Jia (July 2005), Nonlinear dynamics, granular media and dynamic earthquake triggering, Nature, 473 871-874. (PDF File - 328 KB)

Gomberg, J. and P. A. Johnson (2005), Dynamic triggering of earthquakes, Nature, 473 830. (PDF File - 392 KB)

Johnson, P. A. and X. Jia (July, 2005), Nonlinear dynamics, granular media and dynamic earthquake triggering, Nature, 473 871-874. (PDF File - 328 KB)

Gomberg, J. and P. A. Johnson (2005), Dynamic triggering of earthquakes, Nature, 473 830.

Beresnev I., E. H. Field, P. A. Johnson, and Koen E-A Van Den Abeele (1998), Evidence of nonlinear sediment response at stations LF6 and TAR during the 1994 Northridge, CA Earthquake. Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 88(4), 1079-1084.

Beresnev, I. A., G. M. Atkinson, P. A. Johnson, and E. H. Field (1998), Stochastic finite-fault modeling of ground motions from the 1994 Northridge, California earthquake. II. Widespread nonlinear response at soil sites, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am..

Beresnev, I. A., E. H. Field, K. E.-A. Van Den Abeele, and P. A. Johnson (1998), Evidence of Widespread Nonlinear Elastic Response at Soil Sites in the Los Angeles Basin During the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am..

Field, Edward H., Yuehua Zeng, Paul A. Johnson, and Igor A. Beresnev (1998) Nonlinear sediment response during the 1994 Northridge earthquake: Observations and finite source simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 103, NO. Bll, PAGES 26,869-26,883. (PDF File - 1.8 MB)

Field, E.H., S. Kramer, A.-W. Elgamal, J. D. Bray, N. Matasovic, P. A. Johnson, C. Cramer, C. Roblee, D. J. Wald, L. F. Bonilla, P. P. Dimitriu, and J. G. Anderson (1998), Nonlinear site response: Where we're at, Seism. Res. Lett., 69, 230-234.

Field, Edward H., Paul A. Johnson, Igor A.Beresnev, and Yuehua Zeng (11 December 1997) Nonlinear ground-motion amplification by sediments during the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Nature, Volume 390, pp. 599-601. (PDF File - 368 KB)