Nonlinear Waves in Elastic Crystals - Maugin, Gerard (Head, Laboratoire de Modelisation en Mecanique, Head, Laboratoire de Modelisation en Mecanique, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris)

Based in part on a lecture course, this book gives an authoritative and up-to-date overview of recent research on the behaviour of waves in crystalline solids. It covers aspects of plasticity, fracture, and nonlinear wave propagation.