I want to establish the influence of prestress on the propagation characteristics of guided waves, and analyze which guided waves in which modes or frequencies are most sensitive to stress changes
A good discussion of the foundations of initial stresses effect on guided waves can be found the literature, among them those published by Otmani et al.: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112085
Generally, The fundamental guided modes can achieve superior of sensitivity to disturbances due to acoustoelastic effect, that could be considered for characterize the performance of the selected composite and structure.