"Version: 20240601"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Analysis techniques. 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Motivation -- 1.2. Brief perspective on nonlinear ultrasonic guided waves -- 1.3. Approach -- 1.4. Content -- 1.5. Closure2. Preliminaries -- 2.1. Notation -- 2.2. Continuum mechanics -- 2.3. Elastodynamics -- 2.4. Closure3. Nonlinear elastic waves -- 3.1. Bulk longitud…