Presents analytical and numerical techniques to study the characteristic features of elastic guided waves in fiber reinforced laminated media. This book examines the salient features of dispersive guided modes and how they are modified by defects, inhomogeneities, and boundaries. The authors present fundamental equations and their solutions for plane wave propagation in an infinite homogeneous anisotropic elastic material. ? A systematic investigation of the effect of different fiber layups and increasing number of laminae on the dispersion characteristics reveals features that are useful for experimental determination of lamina properties. ? Comparison with some available experimental results shows good agreement between the model results and observations.-Zentralblatt MATH 1169