The Physics of Vibrations and Waves

H.J. Pain (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

576 Seiten

1998 | 5th Revised edition
John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-471-98543-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Focused on the transmission of energy by wave propagation, in particular electromagnetism, acoustics and optics, this text includes information on matrix applications to coupled oscillations, optical systems and multi-layer dielectric films. Chapters have been added and include "Simple Harmonic Motion", and "Non-linear Waves, Shocks and Solitons". There are also sections on electromagnetic waves in the ionosphere and other plasmas, the laser cavity, and optical wave guides. This edition contains increased discussion of solitons, such as their role in optical transmission lines, collisionless shocks in space, non-periodic lattices, and their connection with Schrodinger's equation. It also provides readers with a large number of problems, along with hints on how to solve them.

Inhalt

Simple harmonic motion; damped simple harmonic motion; the forced oscillations; coupled oscillations; transverse wave motion; longitudinal waves; waves on transmission lines; electromagnetic waves; waves in more than one dimension; fourier methods; waves in optical systems; interference and diffraction; wave mechanics; non-linear oscillations and chaos; non-linear waves, shocks and solitons; normal modes, phase space and statistical physics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.12.1998
• Zusatzinfo: illustrations
• Verlagsort: Chichester
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 153 x 231 mm
• Gewicht: 820 g
• Einbandart: Paperback
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Mechanik
• ISBN-10: 0-471-98543-0 / 0471985430
• ISBN-13: 978-0-471-98543-3 / 9780471985433
• Zustand: Neuware