Kniga posvyashchena akusticheskomu metodu issledovaniya gidrodinamicheskikh svoystv zhidkikh kristallov. Predlozhena metodika issledovaniya zavisimosti relaksatsionnykh svoystv zhidkikh kristallov ot R, T - termodinamicheskikh parametrov sostoyaniya. Prednaznachaetsya dlya nauchnykh sotrudnikov, eksperimentatorov i teoretikov, rabotayushchikh v oblasti fiziki zhidkogo sostoyaniya veshchestva, a takzhe dlya aspirantov i studentov sootvetstvuyushchikh spetsial'nostey. Shirokoe primenenie zhidkikh kristallov v kachestve rabochikh tel indikatornykh matrits v priborakh otobrazheniya informatsii, gidroakusticheskikh priborakh navigatsii, razlichnykh inertsionnykh datchikov vyzyvaet neobkhodimost' ikh kompleksnogo issledovaniya. V knige vpervye predstavlen analiz eksperimental'nykh i teoreticheskikh rezul'tatov odnogo iz naibolee interesnykh mezomorfnykh sostoyaniy veshchestva, chto predstavlyaet shirokiy interes uchyenykh eksperimentatorov, aspirantov i nauchnykh rabotnikov.