chapter 1 Ultrasonics: An Overview -- chapter 2 Introduction to Vibrations and Waves -- chapter 3 Bulk Waves in Fluids -- chapter 4 1A Short Introduction to Tensors -- chapter 5 Bulk Acoustic Waves in Solids -- chapter 6 Finite Beams: Radiation, Diffraction, and Scattering -- chapter 7 Reflection and Transmission of Ultrasonic Waves at Interfaces -- chapter 8 Rayleigh Waves -- chapter 9 Lamb Waves -- chapter 10 Acoustic Waveguides -- chapter 11 Crystal Acoustics -- chapter 12 Piezoelectric Transducers, Delay Lines, and Analog Signal Processing -- chapter 13 Acoustic Sensors -- chapter 14 Acoustic Microscopy -- chapter 15 Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of Materials -- chapter 16 Special Topics -- chapter 17 Cavitation and Sonoluminescence.