Includes new content covering transmission through layered media, Rayleigh and Lamb waves and flexural plates, modern horn design tools and Langevin transducers, and grain characterizationFocuses more attention on process monitoring, advances in NDT, PUAT, LRUT, IRIS and TOFD, and content for oil and gas industry and additively manufactured partsAdds new nonmetal applications, high power UT, sonochemistry, and medical and biological applications of ultrasonicsAimed at researchers and advanced students of ultrasonics, the most comprehensive book on the subject providing a complete overview of the field, cutting-edge advancements, and future directions