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Recent developments in acoustic microscopy of surface cracks are briefly reviewed. Particular attention is devoted to the dominant role which is played by the excitation of Rayleigh waves on the surface of the specimen.
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Briggs, G.A.D., Somekh, M.G. (1987). Acoustic Microscopy of Surface Cracks: Theory and Practice. In: Achenbach, J.D., Rajapakse, Y. (eds) Solid mechanics research for quantitative non-destructive evaluation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3523-5_10
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