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This paper describes a nonlinear inverse method which allows the determination of the second-and third-order elastic constants for a caesium dihydrogen phosphate lattice via ultrasonic velocity measurements. This analysis is based on a genetic algorithm. The efficiency and accuracy of the method and the influence of measurement errors are discussed.

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The sound attenuation in a sonic composite without/with point defects is studied using a new method that combines the features of the cnoidal method and the genetic algorithm. Acoustic scatterers are composed by piezoceramic hollow spheres of functionally graded materials—the Reddy and cosine graded hollow spheres. This method enables to obtain the dispersion relation for defect modes, and the prediction of the evanescent nature of the modes inside the band-gaps.

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