Research Article

Logical Inference for Model-Based Reconstruction of Ultrasonic Nonlinearity

Table 1

Continuum mechanics variables, time, and space index derivative notation.

QuantitySymbolUnits

Space (in a Cartesian space) m
Time s
Particle displacement m
Velocity m/s
Velocity rate m/s2
Strain
Stress Pa
Pressure Pa
Lamé constants, Pa
Volumetric constitutive nonlinearity
Density kg/m3
Shear and volumetric viscosity , Pa s = kg/ms