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Title:
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Computational acoustics and computational ultrasonics

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Organizers:
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Nico F. Declercq
Georgia Institute of Technology
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
801 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0405, USA

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Georgia Tech Lorraine
UMI Georgia Tech - CNRS 2958
Laboratory for Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation  
2 rue Marconi, 57070 Metz, France
E-mail: nico.declercq@me.gatech.edu

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Minisymposium description:
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In acoustics and ultrasonics the interaction of waves with objects and
materials is rather complicated. Therefore it is necessary to simulate the
effects in order to obtain a better understanding. Forward simulations are
interesting, but not always sufficient to extract quantitative information.
Inverse procedures may resolve these problems. This mini-symposium is open
for both linear and non-linear acoustic/ultrasonic problems, forward
simulations and inverse problems, both from a physical point of interest or
from an applied point of interest such as nondestructive evaluation.