Fundamentals of wave phenomena

This textbook is written for use in any university course related to the physics of waves, wave theory, and electromagnetic waves in departments such as Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Mathematics. The only prerequisite knowledge is a course in calculu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Hirose, Akira, 1941-2017
Other Authors Lonngren, Karl E. 1938-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Raleigh, NC : SciTech Pub., ©2010.
Edition2nd ed.
SeriesMario Boella series on electromagnetism in information & communication.
Subjects
Waves.
Wave-motion, Theory of.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781523112388
1523112387
9781613531112
1613531117
9781891121920
1891121928
Physical Description1 online resource (xv, 384 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Review of oscillations
  • Wave motion
  • Some mathematics
  • Fundamentals of mechanical waves
  • Sound waves in solids, liquids, and gases
  • Wave reflection and standing waves
  • Spherical waves, waves in a nonuniform media, and multidimensional waves
  • Doppler Effect of sound waves and shock waves
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Radiation of electromagnetic waves
  • Interference and diffraction
  • Geometrical optics
  • Particle nature of light
  • Fourier analysis and Laplace transformation
  • Nonlinear waves, solitons, shocks, and chaos.

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