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Invited Papers in Conference Proceedings

[NFD-proc-inv-09] Nico F. Declercq , “Diffraction of waves on periodical structures: new experiments and new results concerning acoustic, ultrasonic and acousto-optical diffraction phenomena”, keynote paper at XI International Conference for Young Researchers: Wave Electronics and its Applications in the Information and Telecommunication Systems, St Petersburg, May 2008

[NFD-proc-inv-08] Nico F. Declercq, Bart Sarens, Oswald Leroy, “Efficiency enhancement of ultrasonic surface wave stimulation on the inaccessible side of a thick isotropic corrugated plate”, Plenary paper, proceedings of IX International Conference for Young Researchers: Wave Electronics and its Applications in Information and Telecommunication Systems, Non-Destructive Testing, Security and Medicine”, St Petersburg State University of Instrumentation, St Petersburg, Russia, Oct 9 2006.

[NFD-proc-inv-07] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "Special acoustic effects caused by the staircase of the El Castillo pyramid at the Maya ruins of Chichen-Itza in Mexico", Proceedings of the IX-th Western Pacific Conference on Acoustics WESPAC-IX, June 26-28 2006, Grand Hilton Seoul, Korea

[NFD-proc-inv-06] Joris Degrieck, Wim Van Paepegem, Veerle Cnudde, Ives de Baere, Patrick de Baets, Nico Declercq, Geert Luyckx, Bert Masschaele, Alexander Moentjens, Jan Quintelier, Hugo Sol, Danny Van Hemelrijck, Jo Vlekken, “Monitoring of Fatigue, Impact and Wear in CETEX TPC”, CETEX from scratch to flight, Proceedings of the first CETEX conference, edited by Harald E.N. Bersee & Giovanni F Nino. Hosted by Design and Production of Composite Structures, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, June 14 2006, Delft, The Netherlands

[NFD-proc-inv-05] Nico F. Declercq, "The solved mystery of the Maya Pyramid at Chichen-Itza in Mexico - Het ontrafelde mysterie van de Maya piramide in Chichen-Itza in Mexico", Proceedings of annual meeting of the Dutch Acoustical Society (Nederlands Akoestisch genootschap), 23 Nov 2005, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

[NFD-proc-inv-04] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "Estudio teóretico de los efetos acústicos especiales causados por la escalera del castillo pirámide en las ruinas Mayas de Chichen-Itzá en Mexico - A theoretical study of special acoustic effects caused by the staircase of  the El Castillo pyramid at the Maya ruins of Chichen-Itza in Mexico", paper SA1, plenary session A, 12th Mexican International Congress on Acoustics - 12 Congreso Internacional Mexicano de Acustica, Santa Cruz, Tlaxcala, 26-28 October 2005, Mexico.

[NFD-proc-inv-03] Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Inhomogeneous waves in isotropic and anisotropic media" , invited paper in Proceedings of VII International Conference for Young Researchers on Wave Electronics and its Applications in Information and Telecommunication Systems, St Petersburg, Russia , p 7-8, 12-15/09 2004

[NFD-proc-inv-02] Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The diffraction of ultrasound on corrugated surfaces and its possible application for surface waves stimulation" , invited paper in Proceedings of 51st open seminar on Acoustics, Joint with 9th School of Acousto-Optics and Applications , Gdansk, Poland , 6-10/09 2004 | Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5828, 170 (2005).

[NFD-proc-inv-01] Leroy Oswald, Declercq Nico F., Degrieck Joris, "The Acousto-Optic interaction from a fundamental point of view to its applications in non-destructive testing", ULT-Gen-002, Proceedings of Forum Acusticum (3rd EAA European Congress on Acoustics, XXXIII Spanish Congress, Tecniacustica 2002, 3rd Iberian Congress on Acoustics, European and Japanese Symposium - EAA - SEA - ASJ, Expoacustica 2002), Sevilla Spain, 16-20 Sepember 2002.

 

 

Contributed Papers in Conference Proceedings

 

[NFD-proc-contrib-73] Cláudia Teresa T. Farias, Ivan C. da Silva, Igor Souza Ribeiro, Nico F. Declercq, João Carlos Machado, João Marcos A. Rebello, “UTILIZAÇÃO DA FOTOGRAFIA SCHLIEREN NA VISUALIZAÇÃO DO FEIXE ULTRASSÔNICO E DETECÇÃO DE DANOS EM COMPÓSITOS LAMINADOS FIBRA-METAL”, paper in proceedings of the 10th “COTEQ - Conferência sobre Tecnologia de Equipamentos” de 12 a 15 de maio de 2009, Hotel Bahia Othon Palace – Salvador, Brazil, 2009.

[NFD-proc-contrib-72] Nico F. Declercq, “On the Importance of Acoustic and Ultrasonic Diffraction Effects on Periodic Structures Ranging from Nano-hetero-structures Obtained by Epitaxial Growth to Large Building Sites”, keynote paper,  pp 61-69, P.C. Mishra, Rajendra Kumar Singh, Sri Singh, Nico F. Declercq Eds., “Ultrasonics”, MacMillan Publishers India Ltd, New Delhi, ISBN 10: 0230-63689-8, ISBN 13: 978-0230-63689-7, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-71] E. Lamkanfi, N. F. Declercq, W. Van Paepegem, J. Degrieck, “Use of the Finite Elelement Method in the Investigation of Diffraction Effects at the Extremity of Solid Plates for Rayleigh and Scholte-Stoneley Waves”,  pp 104-109, P.C. Mishra, Rajendra Kumar Singh, Sri Singh, Nico F. Declercq Eds., “Ultrasonics”, MacMillan Publishers India Ltd, New Delhi, ISBN 10: 0230-63689-8, ISBN 13: 978-0230-63689-7, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-70] E. Lamkanfi, N. F. Declercq, W. Van Paepegem, J. Degrieck, “Finite Element Study of Near Edge Lamb Wave Escitation and Mode Conversion in Plates”,  pp 165-169, P.C. Mishra, Rajendra Kumar Singh, Sri Singh, Nico F. Declercq Eds., “Ultrasonics”, MacMillan Publishers India Ltd, New Delhi, ISBN 10: 0230-63689-8, ISBN 13: 978-0230-63689-7, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-69] L.Satyanarayan, J. Vander Weide, N. F. Declercq,  Y.Berthelot, "Investigation Of A Novel Polymer Foam Material For Air Coupled Ultrasonic Transducer Applications", 5èmes journées du GDR à Anglet: ETUDE DE LA PROPAGATION ULTRASONORE EN VUE DU CONTRÔLE NON-DESTRUCTIF,2 au 6 juin 2008, Anglet, France

[NFD-proc-contrib-68] L. Satyanarayan, J. Vander Weide, N. F. Declercq,  Y. Berthelot , “High Frequency Ultrasonic Imaging of Novel Polymer Foams For Acoustic Transducer Applications”, paper at XI International Conference for Young Researchers: Wave Electronics and its Applications in the Information and Telecommunication Systems, St Petersburg, May 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-67] E. Lamkanfi, N. F Declercq, W. Van Paepegem and J. Degrieck, “Numerical evidence of the tunneling of Rayleigh waves beneath a reflective sound barrier by use of the finite element method”, paper at XI International Conference for Young Researchers: Wave Electronics and its Applications in the Information and Telecommunication Systems, St Petersburg, May 2008.

[NFD-proc-contrib-66] Sarah W. Herbison, Nico F. Declercq , Mack A. Breazeale, “Measurement of the diffraction field of a periodically corrugated interface and study of ultrasonic backward beam displacement” paper in abstract book at ‘Tribute to Prof. Dr. Antoni Sliwinski’ – 10th school on acousto-optics and applications, Gdansk-Sopot, 12-15 May 2008, Poland

[NFD-proc-contrib-65] L. Satyanarayan, Nico F. Declercq,  “Combined Polar / C-scan ultrasonic investigation of damaged fiber reinforced composites” paper in abstract book at ‘Tribute to Prof. Dr. Antoni Sliwinski’ – 10th school on acousto-optics and applications, Gdansk-Sopot, 12-15 May 2008, Poland

[NFD-proc-contrib-64] Sarah W. Herbison, Nico F. Declercq, “Comparative study of ultrasonic diffraction on periodically corrugated surfaces: single and dual material plates” paper in abstract book at ‘Tribute to Prof. Dr. Antoni Sliwinski’ – 10th school on acousto-optics and applications, Gdansk-Sopot, 12-15 May 2008, Poland

[NFD-proc-contrib-63] E. Lamkanfi, N. F Declercq, W. Van Paepegem and J. Degrieck, “Finite element study on the traveling of Leaky Rayleigh waves around the extremity of a thick fluid-loaded solid plate” paper in abstract book at ‘Tribute to Prof. Dr. Antoni Sliwinski’ – 10th school on acousto-optics and applications, Gdansk-Sopot, 12-15 May 2008, Poland

[NFD-proc-contrib-62] Nico F. Declercq, Katrien Dewijngaert, Katelijn Vanderhaeghe, Patricia Verleysen , „On the acoustics of a specifically designed library discussion room with corrugated ceiling”, Paper 3aAAa5, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3354, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-61] Nico F. Declercq , “Determination of symmetry relations between higher order material constants for the study of nonlinear acoustic properties of piezoelectric crystals of any symmetry class”. Paper 3aPAa14, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3399, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-60] Nico F. Declercq, Katelijn Vanderhaeghe, Katrien Dewijngaert, Patricia Verleysen , “On the use of a corrugated ceiling for noise reduction in rooms”, paper 4pAAd4., J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3609, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-59] Ebrahim Lamkanfi, Nico F. Declercq, Wim Van Paepegem, “Finite element simulation of the linear and nonlinear interaction of progressive acoustic waves with a standing acoustic wave field”, Paper 3aPAa8, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3397, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-58] Ebrahim Lamkanfi, Nico F. Declercq, Wim Van Paepegem, Joris Degrieck, “Conversion of a Scholte - Stoneley wave at the extremity of a fluid loaded plate: comparison between finite element method, radiation mode theory and experiments”, paper 5aPAc7, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3834, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-57] Sarah W. Herbison, Ebrahim Lamkanfi,  Nico F. Declercq , “An experimental method of corrugated surface reconstruction investigated in combination with finite-element simulation”, Paper 3aPAe4,  J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3408, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-56] Sarah W. Herbison, Nico F. Declercq, “Theoretical and experimental ultrasonic investigation of a thin plate with regions of different periodic double-corrugations”, Paper , 2aPAb16, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3146,  2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-55] Sarah W. Herbison, Nico F. Declercq, “Diffraction phenomena associated with a composite plate containing an interior periodically corrugated interface”, Paper 2aPAb18, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3147, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-54] Sarah W. Herbison, Nico F. Declercq, “Theoretical study of the diffraction fields generated by a fluid-loaded plate with two-surface corrugation”, Paper 2pPAc2, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3275, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-53] Kyle Barbour, John M. Vander Weide, Sarah W. Herbison, Nico F. Declercq. “Ultrasonic polar c-scan system for range of material sizes and its capabilities for non-destructive testing”, paper 4pPAf2, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3699, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-52] John M. Vander Weide, Nico F. Declercq, “Theoretical investigations into the use of linear and nonlinear inhomogeneous waves for non-destructive testing”,  paper 4pPAg1, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3700,  2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-51] John M. Vander Weide, Nico F. Declercq ,. “Polar scans as a nonlinear acoustics tool”, paper 4pPAg3, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3700, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-50] Jason Bach, Nico F. Declercq, David Ku, “Experimental investigation of the scattering of sound by solid spheres in a liquid”, paper 5aBBd4, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3788, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-49] Jason Bach, David Ku, Nico F. Declercq, “The scattering of sound by a moving sphere in a stratified Liquid”, Paper 2pBBf5, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3225, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-48] Nataliya Polikarpova, Vitaly Voloshinov, Nico F. Declercq, “Transformation of Acoustic Modes in Case of Arbitrary Reflection in Acousto-Optic Crystals”, Paper 2aPAb7, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 123, No. 5, Pt. 2, 3144, 2008

[NFD-proc-contrib-47] Nico F. Declercq and Cindy S. A. Dekeyser, “The acoustics of the Hellenistic Theatre of Epidaurus: The Important Role of the Seat Rows”, Proceedings of the Acoustics Week in Canada /Comptes Rendus de la semaine Canadienne d’Acoustique, annual congress of the Canadian Acoustics Association (CAA), Montreal, QC, 9-12 October 2007, Canadian Acoustics / Acoustique Canadienne 35(3), p120-121, 2007, Canada

[NFD-proc-contrib-46] Ebrahim Lamkanfi , Nico F. Declercq , Wim Van Paepegem , Joris Degrieck ”Leaky Rayleigh waves propagating around the corner of a thick solid plate: Finite element analysis”, paper 4pPA8 at the 153rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4--8 June 2007, USA

[NFD-proc-contrib-45] Nico F. Declercq , Bart Sarens ,”Scholte-Stoneley wave generation by means of diffraction on a corrugated surface: Influence of corrugation shape”, paper 4pPA6 at the 153rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4--8 June 2007, USA

[NFD-proc-contrib-44] Jorge Antonio Cruz Calleja , Nico F. Declercq, ”An acoustic raindrop effect at Chichen Itza in Mexico”, paper 3pAA5 at the 153rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4--8 June 2007, USA

[NFD-proc-contrib-43] Nico F. Declercq , Cindy S. A. Dekeyser, “On the acoustics of Hellenistic amphitheaters”, paper 3pAA3 at the 153rd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Hilton Salt Lake City Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4--8 June 2007, USA

[NFD-proc-contrib-42] Nataliya Polikarpova and Nico Declercq, “Inclined Incidence and Back Reflection of Bulk Acoustic Waves in Crystals”, 36th Winter School on Wave and Quantum Acoustics, "Turnia-Grań" - Center for Rest and Schooling , 26 Feb- 3 March 2007, ul. Gimnazjalna 14, 43-460 Wisła, Poland

[NFD-proc-contrib-41] Els N. Janssen, Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, "Application of the phased array technique and acousto-optic Bragg imaging for ultrasonic nondestructive testing of materials", proceedings of the 6th FirW PhD symposium, Ghent University, 30 Nov, 2005, Ghent, Belgium.

[NFD-proc-contrib-40] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The interaction of Ultrasound with Mud in Between Hard Solid and Ideal Liquid", paper P3G-7 at 2005 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Conference Centre De Doelen, September 19-21, 2005, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

[NFD-proc-contrib-39] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Ultrasonic Polar Scans : importance and numerical simulation on generally anisotropic media", paper ACOMEN-2005-010 in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering, 30 May - 2 June 2005, Ghent, Belgium

[NFD-proc-contrib-38] Van den Abeele F., Declercq N. F., Degrieck J., Leroy O., "The Thomson-Haskell method to simulate bounded beam interactions on layered media", paper ACOMEN-2005-011 in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advanced Computational Methods in Engineering, 30 May - 2 June 2005, Ghent, Belgium

[NFD-proc-contrib-37] Nico F. Declercq, "Theoretical and experimental ultrasonics : bulk acoustic microscopy", Proceedings of the 5th UGent PhD symposium, 1 December 2004, Aula UGent, Ghent, Belgium

[NFD-proc-contrib-36] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Some properties of waves having complex frequency", paper in Proceedings of VII International Conference for Young Researchers on Wave Electronics and its Applications in Information and Telecommunication Systems, St Petersburg, Russia , p73-74, 12-15/09 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-35] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The possible connection between the non-trivial law of Snell and backscattering on smooth surfaces " , paper in Proceedings of VII International Conference for Young Researchers on Wave Electronics and its Applications in Information and Telecommunication Systems, St Petersburg, Russia , p63-65, 12-15/09 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-34] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The existence of a band-gap for Rayleigh waves on coated solids  , paper in Proceedings of VII International Conference for Young Researchers on Wave Electronics and its Applications in Information and Telecommunication Systems, St Petersburg, Russia , p66-68, 12-15/09 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-33] Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Gennady Shkerdin, Oswald Leroy, Joris Degrieck, "The ultrasonic radiation mode theory " paper in Proceedings of 51st open seminar on Acoustics, Joint with 9th School of Acousto Optics and Applications , Gdansk, Poland , 6-10/09 2004 | Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5828, 181 (2005).

[NFD-proc-contrib-32] Nico F. Declercq, A. Teklu, M. A. Breazeale, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Schlieren photography as a great tool to study wave diffraction at the end of a thin plate " paper in Proceedings of 51st open seminar on Acoustics, Joint with 9th School of Acousto-Optics and Applications , Gdansk, Poland , 6-10/09 2004 | Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5828, 117 (2005).

[NFD-proc-contrib-31] Nico F. Declercq , A. Teklu, M. A. Breazeale, Roger D. Hasse, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Fiber direction determination in composites by means of Schlieren photography " paper in Proceedings of 51st open seminar on Acoustics, Joint with 9th School of Acousto Optics and Applications , Gdansk, Poland , 6-10/09 2004 | Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5828, 123 (2005).

[NFD-proc-contrib-30] Nico F. Declercq, A. Teklu, M. A. Breazeale, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, Joris Degrieck, "The diffraction of leaky Rayleigh waves at the extremity of a fluid loaded plate", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(5), 2472, 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-29] Nico F. Declercq, Filip Van den Abeele, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The dependence of Lamb wave stimulation parameters on the impedance difference between upper and lower liquid", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(5), 2472 , 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-28] Alem A. Teklu, Nico F. Declercq, Mack A. Breazeale, "Measurement of the frequency of the ultrasonic parametric threshold amplitude", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(5), 2533 , 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-27] Nico F. Declercq, A. Teklu, M. A. Breazeale, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The Schoch effect as a means to detect the principal axes of a piezoelectric crystal", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(5), 2569 , 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-26] Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Ultrasonic Inhomogeneous Waves: Three Decades of Fascination", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(5), 2624, 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-25] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Surface and plate mode stimulation in piezoelectric materials in the framework of inhomogeneous wave theory", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(5), 2626 , 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-24] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Diffraction of plane waves having complex frequency and the excitation of transient leaky Rayleigh waves", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115(5), 2626 , 2004

[NFD-proc-contrib-23] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "On the existence of a Brewster angle for solid side incidence on periodically rough surfaces", pp V3623-V3626 in Proceedings of the ICA2004 18th International Congress on Acoustics, Kyoto International Conference Hall, 4-9 April 2004, Kyoto, Japan.

[NFD-proc-contrib-22] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The reflection of ultrasound from stressed piezoelectric crystals", pp V3429-3422 in Proceedings of the ICA2004 18th International Congress on Acoustics, Kyoto International Conference Hall, 4-9 April 2004, Kyoto, Japan.

[NFD-proc-contrib-21] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "On the use of the localized inhomogeneity approach to describe bounded beams", pp II1661-II1662 in Proceedings of the ICA2004 18th International Congress on Acoustics, Kyoto International Conference Hall, 4-9 April 2004, Kyoto, Japan.

[NFD-proc-contrib-20] Nico F. Declercq, Filip Van den Abeele, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "On the use of bounded beam effects to characterize fluids in containers", pp II1347-II1350 in Proceedings of the ICA2004 18th International Congress on Acoustics, Kyoto International Conference Hall, 4-9 April 2004, Kyoto, Japan.

[NFD-proc-contrib-19] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "The extended model to simulate the Quetzal echo at the Mayan pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza in Mexico", proceedings of the Joint congress CFA/DAGA '04 22-25 March 2004 in Strasbourg, France

[NFD-proc-contrib-18] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Ultrasonics, a Fascinating Field of Physics and its Applications", Paper 079, Proceedings of the 4th UGent FTW PhD symposium, December 3rd, Ghent, Belgium, 2003

[NFD-proc-contrib-17] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Profiled plane waves as the framework for the interaction of 3D bounded beams with anisotropic materials", 995-998, Proceedings of the World Congress on ultrasonics 2003, September 7-10, 2003, Paris, France.

[NFD-proc-contrib-16] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "The characterization of applied and residual stress in isotropic plates by means of multidirectional inspection", Paper N841, pp 4287-4292, Proceedings of InterNoise2003, August 25-28, 2003, International Convention Center Jeju, Seogwipo, Korea.

[NFD-proc-contrib-15] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "On the possible application of doubly corrugated plates in advanced SAW devices", Paper N840, pp 3730-3737, Proceedings of InterNoise2003, August 25-28, 2003, International Convention Center Jeju, Seogwipo, Korea.

[NFD-proc-contrib-14] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "On the theoretical discovery of a new kind of leaky surface waves", Paper P409 of the Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 7-10 July 2003, Stockholm, Sweden.

[NFD-proc-contrib-13] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Numerical Simulations of Ultrasonic Polar Scans", Book of Abstracts, 3rd International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Non-Destructive Testing & Technology Transfer and Business Partnership Event, May 26-28, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003.

[NFD-proc-contrib-12] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "On the ability of bounded inhomogeneous waves to experimentally verify the behavior of infinite inhomogeneous plane waves", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113(4), 2283, 2003

[NFD-proc-contrib-11] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, " A full simulation of the Quetzal echo at the Mayan pyramid of Kukulkan at Chichen Itza in Mexico", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113(4), 2189, 2003

[NFD-proc-contrib-10] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Numerical Simulations of Ultrasonic Polar Scans on Single Layered Fiber Reinforced Composites", proceedings of DAGA'03, 18-20 March 2003, Aachen, Germany.

[NFD-proc-contrib-09] Nico Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Nondestructive Materials Characterization by means of Ultrasound", Proceedings of the 3rd FTW PHD SYMPOSIUM, Ghent University, Gent Belgium 2002.

[NFD-proc-contrib-08] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "A theoretical elucidation for the experimentally observed backward displacement of waves reflected from an interface having superimposed periodicity", Proceedings of the First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics (144th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 3rd Iberoamerican Congress of Acoustics, 9th Mexican Congress on Acoustics), 2-6 Dec. 2002, Cancun Q. R. Mexico.

[NFD-proc-contrib-07] Declercq Nico F., Degrieck Joris, Leroy Oswald, "Hypercomplex Waves", PHA-Gen-006, Proceedings of Forum Acusticum (3rd EAA European Congress on Acoustics, XXXIII Spanish Congress, Tecniacustica 2002, 3rd Iberian Congress on Acoustics, European and Japanese Symposium - EAA - SEA - ASJ, Expoacustica 2002), Sevilla Spain, 16-20 Sepember 2002 .

[NFD-proc-contrib-06] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "The Diffraction of Inhomogeneous waves by a doubly corrugated liquid/solid interface", Proceedings of the 6th French Congress on Acoustics, Lille France, 2002.

[NFD-proc-contrib-05] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "A theoretical elucidation for the experimentally observed backward displacement of waves reflected from an interface having superimposed periodicity", J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112(5), 2414, 2002

[NFD-proc-contrib-04] Declercq Nico F, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Hypercomplex waves", Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 88, S147, 2002

[NFD-proc-contrib-03] Leroy Oswald, Declercq Nico F., Degrieck Joris, "The Acousto-Optic interaction from a fundamental point of view to its applications in non-destructive testing", Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 88, S107, 2002

[NFD-proc-contrib-02] Nico F. Declercq, Joris Degrieck, Oswald Leroy, "Characterization of layered Orthotropic Materials Using Ultrasonic Polar Scans", Proceedings of the 2nd FTW PHD SYMPOSIUM, Ghent University, Gent Belgium, 2001

[NFD-proc-contrib-01] Nico F. Declercq, Rudy Briers, Oswald Leroy, "The Direct Superposition Method to predict Wood Anomalies in Acoustic Spectra obtained from Diffraction on Periodically Corrugated Surfaces", Proceedings of the 17th International Congress on Acoustics, Rome Italy, September 2-7, 2001.

 

MSc Dissertation

[NFD-MS-thesis] Nico F. Declercq, "Een theoretische behandeling van de diffractie van lineair en circulair gepolariseerde ultrasone vlakke golven aan een periodiek ruwe vast stof-vloeistof scheiding" [English: "A theoretical study of the diffraction of linearly and circularly polarized ultrasonic plane waves at a periodically rough solid-liquid interface"], disseration submitted in order to obtain the Academic Degree of Master in Physics [Licentiaat Natuurkunde], 2000, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Institute of Astronomy. (120 pages, ISBN 978-90-9021681-2) is also downloadable here.

PhD Dissertation

[NFD-PhD-thesis] Nico F. Declercq, "The interaction of complex harmonic elastic waves with periodically corrugated surfaces and with anisotropic viscoelastic and/or piezoelectric layered media" [dutch: "De interactie van complex harmonische elastische golven met periodiek ruwe oppervlakken en met anisotrope visco-elastische en/of piëzo-elektrische gelaagde media."], Dissertation submitted in order to obtain the Academic Degree of Doctor of Applied Sciences : Physics [doctor in de toegepaste wetenschappen : natuurkunde], 2005, Ghent University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Construction and Production. PhD degree received on May 12th 2005 with congratulations from the Jury. Book (700 pages, ISBN: 90-8578-014-4) is also downloadable here:  http://hdl.handle.net/1854/4777

 

 

 

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